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Welcome to Employers' Forum on Disability

Employers' Forum on Disability is the world's leading employers' organisation focused on disability as it affects business. Our mission is to enable companies to become disability confident by making it easier to recruit and retain disabled employees and to serve disabled customers.

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Equality Act 2010: what does it mean for your organisation?

Scales of justice

The Equality Act 2010 is now law, and replaces 112 pieces of legislation, including the Disability Discrimination Act.

  • EFD members can find out more by:
  • Downloading an exclusive briefing on the new legislation.
  • Contacting the Disability Directions team, for a prompt and professional service giving confidential, tailored advice.
  • All employers can get authorative advice and guidance on the new law through our training and events team.
  • Find out more about the Equality Act


    Business leaders call for accessible technology

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    Senior business leaders have joined forces in a unique taskforce launched by Employers' Forum on Disability. The Business Taskforce on Accessible Technology is calling for technology to deliver its promise of making it easier to employ, and do business with, disabled people.

    More about the Business Taskforce on Accessible Technology


    Performance management guide

    Employee performance evaluation form

    'Performance management', due for release in early 2011, is the latest in the best selling series of EFD Line manager guides. It will help you:

    • Understand how to set targets and goals and decide when it might be reasonable to adjust these for disabled people.
    • Pre-order your copies before 28 February 2011 and receive a 20% discount: contact us for full details on this special offer, and to find out how you can license the guidance for use on your intranet.

    Find out more about EFD's publications

    Member survey 2011

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    EFD's members are part of a unique network of organisations that share best practice on disability. We work with our members to help them make the business case for disability.

    We value your thoughts, advice and feedback to ensure that we continue to be useful, and deliver outcomes which will benefit you, and business more widely.

    • Do you think we are doing a good job?
    • What can we do better?
    • Are we focusing on the right things?

    Tell us in our 2011 membership survey


    "At Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) we are proud of our industry leading commitment to welcoming guests with disabilities into our hotels and to providing an accessible work environment for disabled employees"

    William Morris,  Managing Director UK & Ireland & Senior Vice President Brand Performance EMEA Intercontinental Hotels Group      

    Photograph of William Morris