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- Title
Then and Now: Disability Legislation and Employers' Practices in the UK.
- Authors
Woodhams, Carol; Corby, Susan
- Abstract
Using a longitudinal research design, this article considers employers' human resource management practices in respect of disability equality: in 1995 under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act and in 2003 under the Disability Discrimination Act. The article analyses whether there has been a change to employers' practices and whether or not this change is associated with increased employment of disabled persons. The findings show that proactive HR measures to encourage disabled employment, including positive discrimination, had a significant impact on disabled employment in 1995, whereas HR measures centring on managerial responsibilities and making adaptations had a similar result in 2003. We argue that, for optimum effectiveness, HR departments should employ the full range of HR measures that are available, including positive discrimination, and that this approach should be underpinned by a range of enforcement measures.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; EMPLOYMENT of people with disabilities -- Law &; legislation; DISABILITY laws; LABOR laws; ANTI-discrimination laws; PERSONNEL management; EMPLOYEE selection laws; EMPLOYEE selection; MANAGEMENT
- Publication
British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2007, Vol 45, Issue 3, p556
- ISSN
0007-1080
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8543.2007.00628.x