How to create an inclusive workplace
Louise Aldridge | 21 Mar 2023Inclusion is the process of creating an environment in which individuals feel welcomed, heard, respected, supported, valued, and able to reach their full potential. So to be an inclusive workplace you celebrate differences, recognise talent, and empower every employee.
Below, we have compiled some helpful resources, including an upcoming free webinar, that will help you create an inclusive workplace.
Free Webinar on inclusive employee experience
In our free webinar, Teresa Loftus, Senior Workplace and Education Inclusion Consultant at AbilityNet hosted a fireside chat with Ross Hovey, Accessibility Manager from Lloyds Banking Group, and Vina Theodorakopoulou, Individual Members Lead at GAIN (Group for Autism, Insurance, and Neurodiversity).
As experts on employee inclusion, they shared initiatives that will help you create an inclusive and accessible working environment for disabled and neurodivergent employees.
Ross and Vina discussed:
- The barriers to employment for disabled and neurodiverse people
- How organisations can approach inclusion and accessibility for staff
- Whether there have been any significant changes since the pandemic
- Employee initiatives that facilitate inclusive and accessible working
- How to create an accessible and inclusive digital environment
- Why organisations should create a neuroinclusive workplace and the key benefits of doing so
What are Reasonable Adjustments?
Employers and service providers are required by the Equality Act of 2010 to make "Reasonable Adjustments" that will give disabled people access to the same opportunities and services as non-disabled people.
By learning the ins and outs of Reasonable Adjustments, you are not only meeting legal requirements but also creating an inclusive workplace that can accommodate your disabled employees.
Free training on disability inclusion in the workplace
Disability inclusion training is essential to building an inclusive workplace as it increases and sustains disability awareness and encourages inclusive work practices.
Learn how to identify what steps you can take to achieve meaningful change and growth in our upcoming free 'How to build a disability inclusive workplace' training course on 19 April.
Register for the free training
How AbilityNet can help you create an inclusive workplace
AbilityNet's experts can support you in building a workplace that is inclusive by design and uses technology so that every employee can work to their full potential. Contact our experts today.
