Summary
The ‘Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities’ contains proposals that will help the Department, working in partnership with others, to address the difficulties and inequalities that people with significant disabilities are attempting to overcome in employment.
Documents
- Supporting Equality Through Inclusive Employment - An Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities
- Employment strategy for people with disabilities consultation responses
- Minister's statement - launch of consultation on employment strategy for people with disabilities
- Employment for people with disabilities strategy
- Employment and skills strategy for people with disabilities pre-consultation
- Equality Screening - Employment strategy for people with disabilities
Consultation description
The Department for Employment and Learning is fully committed to helping and supporting people to overcome a wide range of barriers in their pursuit of their employment goals. This strategy focuses on some of the greatest challenges faced by many individuals, groups and stakeholders in this area; helping people with disabilities to achieve and retain suitable paid employment in the open labour market.
Ways to respond
Consultation closed — responses are no longer being accepted.