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Diversity in the workplace and its influence on evacuation planning

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That means a potential 3.6 million UK citizens may still be able to join the UK workforce and many of those, may already have the skills which employers highly prize.

The regulations -- detailed in the Equality (Act 2010) -- govern how people with disabilities should be accommodated in the workplace. The regulations require employers to make their workplace equally accessible to people of all abilities.

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