Congress General Secretary Patricia King and Danny McCoy, CEO of IBEC, have launched a Workplace Accommodation Passport scheme to enable workers with a disability to carry out their work on an equal footing with others.

The joint launch took place on Tuesday (3rd December), the International Day of People with Disabilities.

Fórsa’s head of Education Andy Pike said the newly launched scheme provides for reasonable accommodation ‘passports’ whereby workers needing an adjustment to assist them in staying in their job, or accessing training, can set out the accommodation required due to their disability and agree an action plan with management.

“This is then portable to their next job, so they can demonstrate to their new employer what is needed to assist them in carrying out their work. It’s a very useful initiative and marks another step to improved equality in the workplace. It’s particularly welcome to see unions and employers launching this initiative together,” he said.

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