HM Revenue and Customs setting the standard on disability

01 Febuary 2007

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is among the latest organisations to sign up to the Employers' Forum Disability Standard 2007.
 
They are one of 67 public and private bodies to commit to the benchmarking exercise, which measures performance on disability as it affects every aspect of business.

Lilian Clifford, at HMRC’s HR Centre of Expertise, said: "HMRC have taken the opportunity to review our policies for any inequality issues, including disability, following the merger between the two former Departments HM Customs & Excise and HM Inland Revenue.

"Our work on designing HMRC's Disability Equality Scheme has also enabled us to talk to people with disabilities to get their perspective on things.

“We hope that by taking part in the Disability Standard we will be able to demonstrate our commitment to continue to review and improve our performance as an employer of and provider of services to people with disabilities."

Caroline Leon, Employers’ Forum Disability Standard Project Manager said: “We are really pleased that HMRC are taking steps to getting it right on disability.

“What we hope to see is others following their lead and signing up for the Disability Standard.”

The Employers' Forum Disability Standard first took place in 2005, with 80 participants.

This number is expected to be at least double when the results of the second Disability Standard are announced in autumn 2007.

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Media enquiries, please contact:

Liz Nightingale, Communications Manager
Employers' Forum on Disability
Email: liz.nightingale@efd.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7403 3020

About Employers' Forum on Disability

Employers' Forum on Disability is the employers' organisation focused on disability as it affects employers and service providers. With over 400 members, EFD represents organisations that employ around 20 per cent of the UK workforce.Since its establishment in 1991, EFD has worked closely with government and other stakeholders, sharing best practice to make it easier to employ disabled people and serve disabled customers

www.efd.org.uk


The Disability Standard

The Disability Standard eight week benchmarking exercise takes place between the end of February until the end of April 2007.
Participants will receive a detailed, diagnostic report on their performance, benchmarked against other participants.
Full benchmark results will be published in autumn 2007.
www.disabilitystandard.co.uk 

HMRC
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/