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20 per cent of bosses won’t hire the disabled
A FIFTH of managers say they would be less likely to employ a disabled person, believing that they would struggle to do the job, a charity has found.
A further three out of five expressed concern about the cost of employing a disabled person, while one in four said that ensuring the accessibility of the interview process was a “barrier.”
The Leonard Cheshire Disability charity, which undertook the survey of 500 employers, said disabled people can face “barrier after barrier” due to attitudes that have no basis in fact.
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