Disability and the future of work

Jones, Melanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0535-8090, Hoque, Kim, Wass, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0718-7651 and Bacon, Nicholas 2024. Disability and the future of work. MacLeavy, Julie and Pitts, Frederick Harry, eds. The Handbook for the Future of Work, Routledge International Handbooks, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp. 145-160. (10.4324/9781003327561-17)

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

This chapter will explore several key issues regarding disability and the future of work. It first provides a definition of disability and then outlines trends in disability prevalence and the disability employment gap, in-work disability-related disadvantage, and how this is affected by periods of economic turbulence (e.g., the great recession and COVID). The chapter then considers several government policies that might help to address the labour market disadvantage that disabled people encounter, considering the role of certifications, mandatory reporting, government procurement, and trade union equality bargaining. The final section considers three emerging trends: demographic change; digitisation; and the gig economy.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Business (Including Economics)
Publisher:	Routledge
ISBN:	9781032355924
Last Modified:	02 Dec 2025 16:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/182850

Actions (repository staff only)

Edit Item