Employing disabled people and people with health conditions

A disabled person is somebody with a condition that has a substantial and long-term effect on their ability to do normal activities. This includes not just physical conditions but long-term mental health issues too.

There’s a significant gap between the proportion of disabled people employed compared with non-disabled people—but encouraging applications from disabled people is good for business. It can bring additional skills, increase the number of high-quality applicants, and create a workforce that better reflects the diverse range of customers it serves.

This guidance covers a wide range of topics to help employers consider how they recruit disabled people. It includes:

• Why recruit disabled people?
• Help employing disabled people
• Disability law
• How to recruit disabled people
• Advice on specific conditions
• Specific advice for smaller employers
• Guidance from other organisations