Increasing employment of disabled people in public sector: our response to consultation
In a Fairer Scotland for Disabled people we made a commitment to consult with public bodies, disabled peoples' organisations and disabled people themselves around whether or not we should introduce targets for the public sector to help increase employment of disabled people.
Footnotes
2 https://consult.gov.scot/fair-work-employability-and-skills/disability-employment/
3 https://consult.gov.scot/fair-work-employability-and-skills/disability-employment/
4 http://www.gov.scot/ISBN/9781787815988
5 See https://consult.gov.scot/fair-work-employability-and-skills/disability-employment/ for the options set out in the consultation document.
6 https://www.gov.scot/publications/increasing-employment-disabled-people-public-sector-consultation/
7 https://www.gov.scot/publications/fairer-scotland-disabled-people-employment-action-plan/
8 See for example https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/public-sector-equality-duty-scotland/regulations-specific-duties-and-details-which-public
10 https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publication-download/scotland-fairer-2018
11 The employment rate of disabled people in Scotland stands at 45.4%, compared to 81.2% for non-disabled people, representing a gap of 35.8 percentage points (Annual Population Survey, Jan-Dec 2017, ONS).
12 https://www.gov.scot/publications/fairer-scotland-disabled-people-employment-action-plan/pages/7/
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