Disability Confident Scheme Changes Don't Go Far Enough, Campaigners Say

Disability Confident scheme changes don't go far enough, campaigners say

Charities say employers will still be able to certify themselves without employing "a single disabled person".

DWP relaunching scheme to get disabled people off benefits and into work

The DWP said the overhaul will help to get the more than 2.8 million people signed off long-term sick into employment

UK Reforms Disability Confident Scheme to Boost Jobs

Sick and disabled people across the UK are set to gain more meaningful opportunities to move into secure employment following a major overhaul of the Disability Confident scheme, as the Government looks to tackle long-term sickness, boost living standards and improve workplace inclusion. For many within the Nigerian and wider African diaspora living in the UK, the challenge of accessing fair employment is already complex. When disability or long…

Government scheme overhauled to boost workplace standards for the ...

Disabled people will have more opportunities to move into work following the overhaul of a Government scheme

Revamp of Disability Confident scheme to encourage employers

Government announces overhaul of Disability Confident, the scheme to encourage employers to recruit and retain disabled people. The post Revamp of Disability Confident scheme to encourage employers appeared first on Personnel Today.

Business Disability Forum welcomes ‘much-needed’ reform of Government’s Disability Confident Scheme

Business Disability Forum (BDF) has welcomed Government plans to create a more robust and evidence-based Disability Confident Scheme announced today.   As the leading business and disability inclusion membership organisation, BDF has been advocating for widescale reform of the employers’ scheme [DOCX, 144.90 KB] to ensure it delivers positive and tangible work opportunities for disabled people, informed by its ongoing policy and research work on…