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Disability Confident employer scheme

Information about employing disabled people and how the Disability Confident employer scheme can help your business.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 8 July 2014
• Last updated: 24 April 2024 — See all updates

Disability Confident is creating a movement of change, encouraging employers to think differently about disability and take action to improve how they recruit, retain and develop disabled people.

Being Disability Confident is a unique opportunity to lead the way in your community, and you might just discover someone your business cannot do without.

It was developed by employers and disabled people’s representatives to make it rigorous but easily accessible, particularly for smaller businesses.

Become a Disability Confident employer

• How to sign up to the Disability Confident employer scheme
  • 25 November 2019
  • Guidance
• Disability Confident: guidance for levels 1, 2 and 3
  • 12 July 2024
  • Guidance
• Easy read: Disability Confident employer scheme
  • 24 April 2024
  • Guidance
• Employers that have signed up to the Disability Confident scheme
  • 5 December 2024
  • Guidance
• Disability Confident service providers
  • 7 November 2024
  • Guidance

Guidance on renewing your Disability Confident status

• Renew your Disability Confident status
  • 24 May 2021
  • Guidance

Guidance on how to make a change to your Disability Confident details

• Make changes to your Disability Confident details
  • 15 June 2021
  • Guidance

Guidance on employing disabled people and people with health conditions

• Employing disabled people and people with health conditions
  • 1 September 2022
  • Guidance
• Help and support for young disabled people to find and stay in work
  • 27 June 2017
  • Guidance
• Inclusive communication
  • 15 March 2021
  • Guidance
• Employing disabled people: Disability Confident and CIPD manager’s guide
  • 12 December 2024
  • Guidance

Guidance on how to raise an issue with a Disability Confident employer

• Raise an issue with a Disability Confident employer
  • 14 October 2021
  • Guidance

Published 8 July 2014
Last updated 24 April 2024 + show all updates

1. 24 April 2024

   Added Disability Confident employer scheme easy read guide.

2. 15 June 2021

   Added guidance about how to report a change to your Disability Confident details to the Collection page.

3. 24 May 2021

   Added guidance about how to renew your Disability Confident status to the Collection page.

4. 4 June 2020

   Added 'Disability Confident: how to complain' to the collection page.

5. 21 November 2018

   Added 'Disability Confident and CIPD: guide for line managers on employing people with a disability or health condition' to the collection page.

6. 2 November 2016

   Added links to list of service providers and employers that have signed up.

7. 14 July 2016

   Added guidance about how to sign up to the Disability Confident employer scheme.

8. 17 December 2015

   Added a link to the registration form.

9. 20 November 2015

   Updated Disability Confident partners list.

10. 31 July 2015

    Added Gloucester City Council case study and Cornish Maid cafe case study and video.

11. 29 July 2015

    Added National Grid case study and video.

12. 28 July 2015

    Added case study for Transport for London.

13. 24 July 2015

    Added a list of organisations that Disability Confident has as partners.

14. 23 July 2015

    Added email address to get in touch about the Disability confident campaign.

15. 19 January 2015

    Added 5 case study videos about people with a disability at: Ernst & Young, Dennings Solicitors, McDonald's, Rank Group and Chartwells.

16. 8 July 2014

    First published.