Talking-up Scotland

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The Scottish government’s action plan announced yesterday, includes:

• Up to £1 million to develop solutions to the barriers employers face in hiring and retaining disabled people
• Up to £500,000 to pilot the provision of support similar to Access to Work to disabled people undertaking work experience or work trials
• A new support service to help disabled people for who more mainstream employment support is not suitable
• Appointing a business leader to advise Ministers on the steps to reduce the perceived risk of recruiting those with fluctuating health conditions
• Developing targets for the employment of disabled people within the Scottish Government’s own workforce

https://news.gov.scot/news/tackling-the-disability-employment-gap-1

While there is, of course, much still to be done, Scotland has already made some progress beyond that found elsewhere in UK:

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