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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

Research Report No. 400

Edited by Karen Needels and Robert Schmitz

This report presents findings from a review of evidence to synthesise the economic and social costs and benefits to employers of retaining, recruiting and employing disabled people and/or people with health conditions or an injury. Experts who wrote chapters and commentaries focused on definitions of disability used in law, statute, and everyday practice; empirical measures of costs and benefits; and the influence of Government programmes on the employment of disabled people.

December 2006

ISBN 1 84712 114 4