Supported Employment for People with Disabilities: If you have a disability and wish to take up paid employment or you require assistance in finding a job, the EmployAbility Service (formerly the Supported Employment Service) may be able to help you. It provides people with disabilities with supports to help them access employment.
Personal Reader Grants: If you have a visual impairment or are blind and need some extra assistance with reading at work, you may be eligible to apply for a Personal Reader Grant. This grant aid allows you to employ someone on a part-time or ad-hoc basis for a maximum of 640 hours
Grants for Adapting or Equipping the Workplace for Staff with Disabilities: Grant assistance is available for employers, employees and self-employed disabled people who need to adapt the workplace or purchase specialised equipment for staff with disabilities. This grant is called the Workplace Equipment/Adaptation Grant (WEAG) and you can apply for the grant
Wage Subsidy Scheme: The Wage Subsidy Scheme offers financial support for employers who employ certain people with disabilities. The scheme is one of the workplace supports for employers provided by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection (DEASP) to encourage the employment of people with disabilities. Rules Disability and productivity Sometimes the nature
Options for people Working with Disabilities: The onset or progression of a disability can be a devastating event. However, it does not always mean that you will have to give up your job. Employers are obliged to make reasonable accommodations for staff with disabilities and often, you can continue working
Equality in the Workplace: The Employment Equality Acts 1998–2015 outlaw discrimination in a wide range of employment and employment-related areas. These include recruitment and promotion; equal pay; working conditions; training or experience; dismissal and harassment including sexual harassment. The legislation defines discrimination as treating one person in a less favourable way than
Employers obligations in Ireland: Employers must ensure that their employees receive certain basic employment rights. These rights are governed by detailed employment legislation. If you employ people or are setting up a business that will employ people you need to be familiar with your responsibilities and your employees’ rights. In this document
Working with a Disability: Like all employees, people with disabilities can bring a range of skills, talents and abilities to the workplace and there is a range of supports to help them find and keep employment. Some of these are for people with disabilities who are working – see ‘Employees
Wage Subsidy Scheme: The Wage Subsidy Scheme (WSS) provides financial incentives to private sector employers to employ people with a disability who work 21 hours per week or more, up to a maximum of 39 hours per week. An employee with a disability on the Wage Subsidy Scheme is subject
Partial Capacity Benefit: Partial Capacity Benefit is a social welfare scheme which allows you to return to work or self-employment (if you have reduced capacity to work) and continue to receive a payment from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. If you have been getting Illness Benefit (for
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