What the UK can learn from Denmark's disability employment scheme | ITV News - ITVX
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The UK work and pensions secretary visited Denmark to learn from its 'Fleksjobs' scheme, which provides subsidised part-time employment with dedicated support for people with reduced work capacity, achieving a disability employment rate increase from 44% to 61% since 2012. The UK government is considering similar approaches as disability-related unemployment among young people has risen significantly, with 45.3% of NEETs now classified as disabled compared to 21% in 2014.
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The work and pensions secretary has said there are “lessons to be learned” in the UK from Denmark, which subsidises paid jobs for disabled young people out of work. Pat McFadden said that while he can't "lift and shift exactly the same scheme", the UK could follow “the success of what's happened in Denmark". ITV News joined the work and pensions secretary on his visit to Denmark to learn about ‘Fl…
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