Lack of Opportunities For Disabled People
December 11th 2011 02:55
Employers and recruiters unintentionally inflict a ‘glass ceiling’ on disabled Australians, largely due to a lack of infrastructure and consideration, and new figures show that disabled people are half as likely to be employed compared to the population in general.
John Walsh, author of a new report, “Disability Expectations: Investing in a better life, a stronger Australia”, said that as a disabled person himself, he has been lucky to have very supportive employers, but that support isn’t always there for others.
Walsh said employers frequently have questions over “’How do we employ someone like this’, ‘how are the other work mates going to deal with it’, ‘what happens if they get an injury - are they covered by workers compensation?’,” and he commented “all of these questions suggest a need for employers to be encouraging in how they even get to square one.”
John Walsh, author of a new report, “Disability Expectations: Investing in a better life, a stronger Australia”, said that as a disabled person himself, he has been lucky to have very supportive employers, but that support isn’t always there for others.
Walsh said employers frequently have questions over “’How do we employ someone like this’, ‘how are the other work mates going to deal with it’, ‘what happens if they get an injury - are they covered by workers compensation?’,” and he commented “all of these questions suggest a need for employers to be encouraging in how they even get to square one.”
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