Inclusive recruitment and onboarding strategies
Supported employment programmes match disabled and disadvantaged jobseekers with employers through specialist job coaches and ongoing support. This guide covers Individual Placement and Support (IPS), the UK Supported Employment framework, Project SEARCH, and how employers can engage.
A practical, stage-by-stage guide to removing disability barriers from recruitment — from job design and advertising through to onboarding.
Only around 3 in 10 working-age autistic people in the UK are in work, compared with around half of all disabled people and 8 in 10 non-disabled people. This guide draws on the Buckland Review of Autism Employment and guidance from UK autism organisations to help employers recruit, support, and retain autistic employees.
The median hourly pay gap between disabled and non-disabled employees in the UK was 12.7% in 2023. This guide presents the latest data, explains the drivers, sets out the coming mandatory reporting rules, and gives concrete actions employers can take — from pay audits to progression pathway reviews.
Acas estimates that 1 in 7 people in the UK are neurodivergent. This guide covers autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and dyscalculia in the workplace — practical adjustments, recruitment, management, and how to build a neuro-inclusive culture. Drawing on Acas, BDF, and CIPD guidance.
A Workplace Adjustments Passport is a simple written record of agreed adjustments that moves with the employee through manager changes and role changes. The UK Civil Service runs a unified passport across departments, and NHS Employers and Acas recommend similar tools. This guide explains how to implement one.
Disability:IN is a leading US nonprofit driving disability inclusion in business. Its Disability Index (Disability Equality Index) is a widely used annual corporate benchmarking tool. This guide covers the index, Disability:IN's programmes, and how employers can use the framework.
The UK government's Disability Confident scheme has three levels — Committed, Employer, and Leader. This guide explains each level, the commitments required, the benefits, and how to progress through the scheme.
The Business Disability Forum (BDF) is a leading UK business membership organisation for disability inclusion. This guide covers BDF's Disability Smart Framework, tools and services, and how employers can use them to build genuinely inclusive workplaces.
How social enterprises across the EU are creating employment for disabled people — covering work integration social enterprises, sheltered workshop transitions, EU funding mechanisms, and what to measure.
A focused guide to neurodiversity and employment in the UK — covering Equality Act protections, diagnostic delays, workplace accommodations for autism ADHD dyslexia and dyspraxia, employer programmes, and the growing neurodiversity-at-work movement.
A practical guide for HR teams to audit and improve the accessibility of career sites, application forms, ATS platforms, onboarding documents, and internal communications against WCAG 2.2 AA standards.
Profiles of ten global companies with notable disability inclusion programmes, from Microsoft's neurodiversity hiring program to SAP's Autism at Work and P&G's inclusive product design, with details on what each company runs.
Comprehensive guide to identifying and eliminating unconscious bias in disability hiring, covering benevolent discrimination, competence assumptions, ableist language audits, structured scoring rubrics, and data tracking.
Step-by-step guide to building a neurodiversity hiring program, with lessons from SAP Autism at Work, Microsoft's Neurodiversity Hiring Program, and JPMorgan Chase's Autism at Work program, plus guidance for smaller companies.
End-to-end guide to inclusive recruitment, from writing accessible job descriptions and removing unnecessary requirements to structured interviews and onboarding with built-in accommodations.
How Microsoft redesigned their hiring process to tap into neurodivergent talent, and what other employers can learn.