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What would it take? Employer perspectives on employing people with a disability

Item:
2219
Title:
What would it take? Employer perspectives on employing people with a disability
Authors:
Peter Waterhouse, Helen Kimberley, Pam Jonas, John Glover
Publication date: 
12 February 2010
Type:
Research report
Themes:
Industry and employers > Industry and employer views > General
Students and individuals > Careers and pathways > Pathways to work
Students and individuals > Learner groups > Access and equity groups
Students and individuals > Learner groups > Students with a disability
ISBN:
978 1 921413 75 9 print; 978 1 921413 76 6 web

One focus of the Australian Government's social inclusion agenda is to help people with a disability into work. For this to succeed, employers must be willing and able to productively employ people with a disability. The purpose of this study was to answer the question 'what would it take' to enable employers to employ people with a disability. Based on focus groups with select employers from small-to-medium enterprises, the research found that, while employers were quite positive about employing a person with a disability, they lacked confidence in dealing with disability employment issues.

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