Employers' Forum on Disability welcomes the Commission for Equality and Human Rights
6th December 2006
Employers' Forum on Disability (EFD) welcomes the establishment of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR) and the appointment of the first nine Commissioners.
In forging a close working relationship, Employers' Forum on Disability's job is to make it easier for the CEHR to understand how to meet employers' needs and expectations. This will ensure that the CEHR delivers equality for everyone in Britain, including people with disabilities.
Susan Scott Parker, chief executive of EFD says: "The new Commission presents us all with an opportunity revitalise the equality and inclusion agenda.
"We are particularly pleased that Kay Allen, Diversity Manager at BSkyB - one of our gold members - has been appointed as a Commissioner.
"All our members have always been clear that we need a regulatory environment that is credible in the eyes of employers and people with disabilities.
"Employers' Forum on Disability helps employers to become disability confident - that is to understand the impact of disability on the lives of their employees, customers and stakeholders. One in three people in the UK are disabled or close to someone who is.
"We look forward to a productive working relationship with the CEHR and to a time when equality for everyone is at the top of the national agenda."
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Notes to editors
Before the CEHR is fully operational, Employers' Forum on Disability will be organising ground breaking roundtable discussions with equality and human rights campaigners and leaders from the disability movement to build a better understanding of the issues and experiences each have in common.
Employers' Forum on Disability will be asking the following questions;
- How will the CEHR understand and respond to disability throughout society?
- How will the CEHR and Employers' Forum on Disability best meet the needs of black and ethnic minority disabled people, disabled women, disabled gays and lesbians and disabled people of all ages and faiths?
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.