Petition · past parliament · Department for Work and Pensions
Make working from home a legal right for disabled workers
Closed
367 signatures
What the petition asks
The Government should give disabled employees the legal right to work from home for office-based job roles and/or where no genuine occupational requirement (GOR) is in place to require an employee to be on site.
Reducing barriers to work for disabled people should improve their personal wellbeing and could boost GDP. A 2017 Government white paper stated that finding work for an additional 1% of disabled workers would save the Exchequer £240 million, and provide a boost to the economy of £260 million.
By making it a legal right for non-GOR roles to work from home it is hoped that economic inactivity for 3.6 million disabled people can be reduced, in the spirit of the Equality Act.
By making it a legal right for non-GOR roles to work from home it is hoped that economic inactivity for 3.6 million disabled people can be reduced, in the spirit of the Equality Act.
Timeline
| 15 Jun 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 15 Dec 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
367
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Work and Pensions
Opened
15 Jun 2021
Closed
15 Dec 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.