Disabled employees will be able to benefit from almost £60,000 a year to assist them at work, the Minister for Disabled People announced in Parliament today (11 February 2019).

From 1 April 2019 people will now be able to claim up to £59,200 annually to help pay for additional support that they may need in the workplace through the government’s Access to Work scheme. This can include workplace adaptations, assistive technology, transport and interpreters.

It comes after the government increased the cap by almost a third last year. Now, even more people will be able to benefit, especially those from the deaf community who can get BSL interpreters through the scheme.

Access to Work provides financial support to ensure someone’s disability or health condition doesn’t hold them back at work, and last year more than 27,000 people received support. This included adjustable desks, special IT equipment and voice-recognition software.

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