Benefits for Employers
There are a huge range of benefits for businesses in employing
disabled people. These include:
- Gaining access to a wider pool of talent and
skills: Overlooking someone because of their
impairment or health issue, or based on projected confidence in an
interview, is a missed opportunity for businesses.
- Improved engagement: Organisations that
support disabled employees benefit from improved engagement,
loyalty, productivity and retention. Disabled staff are among the
most loyal and engaged employees.
- Improved wellbeing and
productivity: Having a more diverse work force which
includes disabled staff improves general wellbeing and
productivity.
- Creating a fair workforce: Businesses
employing disabled people are leading the way to a more diverse,
inclusive and fairer workforce in Scotland.
- Avoiding additional recruitment
costs: Providing early, timely support to a disabled
person who may be having difficulties at work, can improve
retention rates, prevent or reduce time off work, and benefit the
business by avoiding additional recruitment costs and retaining
that person's expertise and skills. This is especially important as
the workforce becomes older and more people who become disabled
later in life, due to injury or old age, are looking to stay in
work.
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