Summary of the Draft Disability Employment Action Plan for consultation

The Government released a draft version of the Disability Employment Action Plan in November 2019 for consultation. You can read this below.

Consultation closed in February 2020, and Working Matters - the Disability Employment Action Plan was released in July 2020.

The goals and objectives

The Draft Disability Employment Action Plan has two goals. Each goal is supported by two objectives. Each objective has action areas.

Goal 1 - To ensure disabled people and people with health conditions have an equal opportunity to access good work

• Objective 1: Enable disabled people and people with health conditions to steer their own futures
• Objective 2: Back people who want to work with the right support

Goal 2 - To ensure businesses are good at attracting and retaining disabled people and people with health conditions.

• Objective 3: Grow employment opportunities for disabled people and people with health conditions
• Objective 4: Create inclusive workplaces

Each objective has a set of action areas and proposed actions. What do you think of the proposed goals and objectives?