Royal Mail and Job Centre plus: delivering Access to Work

Citation

(2009), "Royal Mail and Job Centre plus: delivering Access to Work", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 17 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/hrmid.2009.04417aad.002

Royal Mail and Job Centre plus: delivering Access to Work

Article Type: Abstracts From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 17, Issue 1

Allen K. Equal Opportunities Review (UK), June 2008, No. 177, Start page: 8, No. of pages: 2

Purpose – Explains how Royal Mail Group has worked with Job Centre Plus to develop the UK government’s Access to Work scheme which was set up to support employers to employ more disabled people by giving them grants to make reasonable adjustments. Discusses the changes made to the scheme that made it more effective in supporting Royal Mail Group to employ more disabled people. Design/methodology/approach – Discusses how and why the project was set up. Sets out how Job Centre Plus and Royal Mail Group changed their systems for administering the Access to Work scheme to make it more effective. Findings – Argues that the experience of Royal Mail Group shows that Access to Work can be made more effective if both the employer and Job Centre Plus work together to streamline systems and, consequently, reduce the time and cost of making the workplace adjustments necessary to enable disabled people to take up employment. Originality/value – Sees the project between Royal Mail and Job Centre Plus as offering a template for other companies. ISSN: 0268-7143 Reference: 37AP030

Keywords: Disabled people, Recruitment, Employment, Royal Mail, Grants, United Kingdom