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Changes to Access to Work will have negative impact says NADP
The National Association of Disability Practitioners have expressed concern that the proposed changes to the Access to Work scheme will make employment prospects of disabled people worse. In a letter to Trevor Philips of Equality and Human Rights Commission the association is seriously concerned about the potential impact of any decrease to the support given by government to employers in encouraging them to make appropriate provision for the employment of disabled people. The NADP believes the scheme represents excellent value for money especially when compared to the cost to the state of the various benefits that would otherwise be paid to unemployed disabled people. With a spending review targeting reductions in Incapacity Benefit, the association believes that strengthening Access to Work would assist in enabling former claimants to obtain suitable employment.
The NADP would like to recommend that the EHRC review the recent Access to Work decisions in the light of the potential real cost of limiting the prospect of progress towards disability equality in the workplace.
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