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This report provides detailed information about establishments covered by the DDA's provisions on access to goods and services, and the changes establishments have made and intend to make to serve their disabled customers better.
This report presents the findings of a study monitoring cases taken during the first 19 months of implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), throughout the UK.
This publication is no longer available. The research paid special attention to the impact of changes that had been made to the funding arrangements for the Access to Work programme in 1996. The findings suggest that employers and disabled people who received the help were generally happy with the programme, not only with the nature and level of support provided, but also with its efficiency and responsiveness of service.
This publication is no longer available. This study presents findings from a national survey of 2,000 disabled people of working age who have a long-term disability or health problem, and those who have had such a disability, in line with the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. For these people getting a job is very important, but adaptations to allow many to stay in a job are not often offered. One in six has experienced work-related discrimination. Disabled people in employment are more likely to work in manual and lower skilled occupations and those from ethnic minorities are more likely to be unemployed. Average take-home pay of disabled employees is notably lower than for non-disabled workers.
The Supported Employment Programme, run by the Employment Service, aimed to provide jobs for people with severe disabilities, either in factories run by Supported Employment providers or in Supported Placements in host companies. This research provided estimates, using a variety of data sources, of the extent to which the supply of Supported Employment opportunities matched actual and potential demand on a geographical basis.
This report updates a previous IES study, exploring employers' policies, practices and attitudes towards the employment of people with disabilities. The study examines employers' perceptions of the employability of people with various disabilities, and the extent to which they are prepared to accommodate disabled employees.
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