Your rights as a disabled job-seeker or employee
Understanding the law will allow you to advocate for yourself and know your rights as a disabled job-seeker or employee.
Understanding the law will allow you to advocate for yourself and know your rights as a disabled job-seeker or employee.
The organisations on this webpage offer a range of advice, support and guidance on recruitment and employment issues including sharing information about your disability or health condition with prospective employers.
There are a number of initiatives and organisations that support employers to ensure that their recruitment process and working practices do not discriminate against jobseekers and employees with a disability or long-term health condition.
On this page you will find employability support and resources to aid with the transition from LJMU to the workplace.
Many large employers are becoming more proactive to recruit candidates with disabilities, neurodiversity and long-term health conditions. Some run their own schemes targeting disabled applicants, while others work with specialist organisations that manage the recruitment process on their behalf.
If you have accessed support for your disability or health condition throughout school and university, e.g. in the form of a support plan or funding, you might be concerned about similar support being available to you in the workplace.
The Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers, launched in June 2008, is an agreement between funders and employers of researchers in the UK and represents a significant development in national policy to support good management of researchers and their careers.
Find out more about the University Freedom of Information act policies and the standards LJMU holds itself to, as well as how to contact us with any questions you may have relating to the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Our campus tours allow you to view our student accommodation, The Students’ Union and The Library. You’ll be guided by a current Liverpool John Moores University student who’ll be happy to answer all your questions.
LJMU has implemented multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all remote access to critical systems, find out more about MFA.