Why employers should collect workforce disability data

There’s no sign of mandatory disability employment reporting yet, but organisations may benefit from collecting workforce disability data to better understand the needs of staff, writes Katharine Moxham.

There’s always much on the corporate plate to deal with, so one announcement and its significance for businesses might have gone unnoticed during the current political turmoil.

The government recently revealed it had met its manifesto commitment of increasing the number of disabled people in employment by one million, five years early. ONS figures show that, between Q1 2017 and Q1 2022 the number of disabled people in employment increased by 1.3 million. Overall, there were 4.8 million disabled people in employment in the UK in Q1 2022.

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