The Definition of Disability in the Workplace
The research aimed to provide a comprehensive, systematic and robust assessment of
debates on the monetary and non-monetary costs and benefits to employers of employing
disabled people.
The Department for Work and Pensions commissioned Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., to
produce a review of the literature, and UK experts were asked to produce chapters for a report
completed in Spring 2006. CRSP was asked to explore the definition of disability, which is
particularly contested as it applies to the workplace.
The chapter by CRSP briefly considers the main models of disability and selected key concepts, the
main definitions of disability and incapacity that employers might encounter, and sickness absence
and sickness presenteeism. The evidence on employers’ understanding of disability and awareness
of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 is highlighted.
Sponsor: Department for Work and Pensions, sub-contracted by Mathematica
Project Team: Professor Bruce Stafford
Project Administrator: Sharon Walker
Start date: July 2005
Projected Completion date: 2006
Publication: Needels, K., and Schmitz, R. (2006) Economic and Social Costs and Benefits to Employers of
Retaining, Recruiting and Employing Disabled People and/or People with Health Conditions or an
Injury: A Review of the Evidence. Department for Work and Pensions.
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