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Conditions of Employment: Disability

Asked by Deirdre CostiganLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 10 September 2024UIN 4289

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of strengthening the right to Disability Leave for disabled workers.

Answered by Justin Madders

The Department for Business has not made an assessment of the merits of creating a new employment right for Disability Leave.

The Government has set out its immediate priorities for reforming employment law in the Plan to Make Work Pay. The Plan includes a number of measures which will help disabled workers to enter, remain and progress in work - including making flexible working the default and introducing a right to switch off.

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