Developed by Employers' Forum on disability (EFD), the Disability Standard is the only management tool that enables organisations to accurately measure their performance on disability, in every way it affects the business, and to put in place action plans that deliver real business improvement.

The Disability Standard is a disability management tool consisting of several elements. Essentially, it is an online assessment in which participating organisations rate themselves against statements that cover all aspects of disability both for employees and customers/service users. Evidence is submitted to support these ratings.

Submissions are then analysed by disability experts and reports on performance are prepared for each participating organisation. As well as this assessment, the results of all participants are used to provide a benchmark score against which all participants can compare their performance. these results are analysed further in the Disability standard Benchmark Report, which provides a snapshot of UK business performance on disability.

Why should you take part?

If you are committed to employing people on the basis of their ability, opening up new markets, improving the quality of customer care and minimising legal and reputational risk, you should take part in the Disability Standard.

The Disability Standard enables you to:

• employ people on the basis of their contribution to the business
• access untapped reserves of talent
• open up new markets
• improve operational efficiency
• promote new sources of ideas and creativity
• improve the quality of customer care
• build reputation and brand loyalty.

To download a copy of the Disability Standard 2009 Brochure click here for the PDF version and here for the Word version.