So your premises have wheelchair ramps and Braille signage but you’re probably still not Equality Act 2010 compliant.
Being Equality Act friendly has many positive benefits (including financial*) but, make no mistake, fall foul of the legislation and it could be incredibly costly.
(1)A person (P) has a disability if— (a)P has a physical or mental impairment, and (b)the impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on P’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
1.2 The benefits of employing disabled people
Over 7.7 million people of working age in the UK are disabled or have a health condition. Historically there has been a significant gap between the proportion of disabled people employed compared with non-disabled people. Encouraging applications from disabled people is good for business. It can help you to: increase the number of high quality applicants available create a workforce that reflects the diverse range of customers it serves and the community in which it is based bring additional skills to the business, such as the ability to use British Sign Language (BSL), which could result in large savings The costs of making reasonable adjustments to accommodate disabled employees are often low. The benefits of retaining an experienced, skilled employee who has acquired an impairment are usually greater than recruiting and training new staff. It is also good for the individual. 3D tour pricing information
