Why are employers reluctant to take on disabled people?
It sound’s bad when you
think about employers not hiring a candidate because they have a physical disability
but this is the case for so many disabled people even though it is against the
law to treat someone less favorable than someone else because of a personal
characteristic, such as being disabled.
Here
at CLMD we think every candidate disabled or not, should be treated equally and
fairly in every opportunity they go for. We have done so much research about
this topic as it’s a problem for some of the candidates we have and this is
what we’ve come across;
· Some employers think
as a person is disabled they are more likely to leave the job or take more time
off then a non-disabled person.
· Employers are worried
that disabled candidates are less skilled and won’t perform as good as
non-disabled candidate.
· Employers don’t have
the right equipment or facilities that might be needed with someone with a
physical disability.
· Employers are even
more ignorant about mental disabilities than physical disabilities.
We
have also come across a really interesting article about a young woman with a
disability; she found it really hard to find employment and she talks about how
she feels – Click Here!
If
you are disabled you have the same right as other workers. Employers should
also make ‘reasonable adjustments’ to help disabled employees and job-applicants.
Did
you know most employers think hiring a disabled person “won’t do the image of the company any good" and
“disabled people are less productive than non-disabled people”.It’s
sad to think this is what disabled people face in their day to day life.
There
are over 11 million people with a limiting long term illness, impairment or
disability. An apprenticeship is such a great opportunity for disabled people
that are finding it hard to find work, as disabled people are around 3 times as likely not to hold any qualifications compared to non-disabled people.
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