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Disabled workers more likely to be employed in lower-paid and non-homeworking jobs
DISABLED workers are more likely to be employed in lower-paid and non-home-working jobs, according to new analysis today.
About one in seven care workers and home carers in England and Wales have a disability, the Leonard Cheshire charity found.
One in six are retail cashiers, check-out operators, work in call centres or as crossing patrol officers, it revealed.
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