MORE needs to be done to end discrimination against disabled people in the workplace, campaign group Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) demanded yesterday.

It followed a report by the charity Scope that found 53 per cent of disabled people have faced bullying or harassment at work.

Scope also found that a fifth of people try to keep their disability hidden from their bosses.

Paula Peters from DPAC, who has experienced workplace discrimination, said disabled people are “frightened” of not being employed due to stigma.

She said: “Every single business needs to do more to challenge discrimination. The government also needs to be doing more to make working life easier for disabled people.”

Ms Peters added that people should be able to talk in confidence to their line managers, and that bullying must be tackled immediately.

Scope research showed that a quarter of disabled people surveyed did not consider their employer to be supportive. As many as 58 per cent of disabled people said they felt at risk of losing their job due to their disability.