Key Point
- A new report identifies three main barriers which inhibit workforce participation by people with disabilities, and suggests some ways to remove them.
"Workability II: Solutions", a Report of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's National Inquiry into Employment and Disability, urges the private sector, community groups and people with a disability to work with governments to improve workplace opportunity and earning potential for people with a disability.
Background
The Report was released in February 2006, following a National Inquiry into the low employment rates and earning potential for people with a disability.
The Inquiry found that the Federal and State/Territory Governments need to do more to provide support, services and incentives to employers and to people with disabilities to ensure true equality of opportunity in the workplace.
