D&I concerns | Are you supporting your disabled workers well enough?

Two in five disabled people are not getting enough help from their employer, new research has found.

If you have a health condition or disability, or your employer is legally obligated to provide you with additional support at work – known as “reasonable adjustments”. These reasonable adjustments vary but may include specialist equipment or special arrangements around how their working day is organised – for example, someone with chronic back problems may have rest time scheduled into their timetable, or the flexibility to take time off when needed.

Reasonable adjustments are essential in enabling disabled workers to have access to work, and ensuring the workplace is inclusive and equitable.

However, when diversity & inclusion consultancy Pearn Kandola polled 400 workers about what it’s like to live with a disability, they discovered that two in five of those disabled workers were not receiving the reasonable adjustments they needed from their employer.