This encompasses priorities around:
- supporting groups that are under-represented in the labour market, including disabled people, who were disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
- initiatives to support people from these groups to start, stay, and succeed in work
transforming support for disabled people and people with health conditions to promote independent living and improve the customer experience
- influencing positive employer behaviours and promote good Occupational Health practice to help people maintain attachment to the labour market
Send correspondence and further questions to evidence.strategyteam@dwp.gov.uk.
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
The UK Government aims to get one million more disabled people into paid work by 2027. Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) dominate the UK business population and have been a more robust employer of the unemployed c...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Leeds
The project specifically focuses on understanding the experiences of disabled people in SME workplaces and the attitudes and values of SME employers towards disabled people, which directly relates to engaging employers and supporting disabled people in employment.
Beth Kume-Holland is the award-winning founder and CEO of Patchwork Hub, a disabled-led, female-led social enterprise and tech platform working to create a more accessible and inclusive future of work. Developed out of ...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: PATCHWORK HUB LTD
The project aims to create a more accessible and inclusive future of work, which aligns with the goal of engaging employers and supporting disabled people in employment. However, it does not directly address the question about policies and processes that employers have in place.
The policy issue: In Europe and Canada, policymakers are facing particular challenges related to rising life expectancy, a shift in the age profile of the population and the consequent increase in the prevalence of chron...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Liverpool
The project focuses on understanding the impacts of health inequalities on the opportunity to work later in life and developing strategies and policies for extending working life, which partially relates to the question about retaining and supporting disabled people and people with health conditions in employment. However, it does not directly address the question about engaging employers and other relevant stakeholders.