Guidance

Employing disabled people and people with health conditions

How to attract, recruit and retain disabled people.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 16 July 2013
• Last updated: 20 November 2025
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  1. 20 November 2025

     Added links to further information under 'Dyscalculia’ in section 5.

  2. 4 August 2025

     Removed the sentence 'Access to Work can help towards the costs of making reasonable adjustments.'

  3. 30 April 2025

     Removed information about the Work and Health Programme.

  4. 1 September 2022

     Added information about the Health Adjustment Passport and new sections on Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis and dwarfism.

  5. 25 March 2020

     We have added new content about neurodiversity at work at section 5.5 of the guidance.

  6. 25 November 2019

     Updated attachment 'Employing disabled people and people with health conditions' -- new bullet points added in section 1.2 'The benefits of employing disabled people.'

  7. 4 November 2019

     Added Evenbreak to the list of organisations where you can get further guidance.

  8. 11 September 2019

     Several updates to HTML attachment: updated help and support for older workers under heading 2.3. Section 2.4 replaced Work Choice with Work and Health Programme information. Added further information to section 4.3. Updated information and links under heading 7 Toolkits.

  9. 14 August 2018

     Added a link to the DWP autism and neurodiversity toolkit in section 7.

  10. 1 August 2017

      Added a list of Work Choice providers.

  11. 21 July 2017

      Added the section 'Extra support for small employers'.

  12. 20 March 2017

      'Health and work resources for line managers' PDF removed.

  13. 23 January 2017

      Added information about stammering.

  14. 15 August 2016

      Added dyspraxia, ADHD and dyscalculia information to chapter 5.5 'Hidden Impairments' to HTML guide.

  15. 3 August 2016

      Added information about resources from NDCS for young people with a hearing impairment to chapter 5.2.

  16. 29 July 2016

      Added information about epilepsy to 'Advice on specific conditions'. Section 5.6.

  17. 20 July 2016

      Added further links to online dyslexia resources to the HTML guidance.

  18. 14 July 2016

      Added information about the Disability Confident symbol, that is replacing the Two Ticks symbol from July 2016, to show an employer is committed to employing disabled people.

  19. 10 December 2015

      Added new section about toolkits to the HTML guidance and made other minor corrections.

  20. 24 July 2014

      Updated the list of health and work resources for line managers.

  21. 18 July 2014

      Updated guidance with extra information following feedback from employers.

  22. 13 December 2013

      Useful links to the big I.D.E.A and the Mental Health Foundation added.

  23. 17 July 2013

      Added section relating to the Disability Confident campaign, and a link to a new page for downloading campaign materials.

  24. 16 July 2013

      First published.

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Get guidance on supporting and managing employees with health conditions and disabilities at work.

This guidance will help employers to become more confident when attracting, recruiting and retaining disabled people.