Employers and Service Providers
Disabled people make a huge contribution to the
economy - for example, as customers, service users, students,
employees and business people. In fact they have an
annual spending power of £50bn. Treating them fairly makes sense to
your business.
It is unlawful for businesses and organisations providing
services to treat disabled people less favourably than other people
for a reason related to their disability.
It is also unlawful for any employer to
discriminate against a disabled person when choosing someone for a
job or considering people for promotion, dismissal or
redundancy.
In this section we tell you what the law says and offer
practical guidance to employers and organisations to make
sure that disabled people are treated fairly. Often quite simple
adjustments help not only disabled people but the general
public as well.
You can get advice on:
If you work in the public sector, you can find
out what the Disability Equality
Duty means for you. You can also read about and contribute to
the Fitness Standards Formal
Investigation
For teachers of Citizenship and Disability to pupils
at key stages 3 and 4, we have a Citizenship microsite
For answers to frequently asked questions, go to: Ask DRC