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"Seismic shift" needed to engage disability workforce
One in two Australian managers and HR professionals have never hired or worked with a person with a disability, new research shows.
This is despite 2.1 million Australians with disability being of working age, and less than half (47.8%) being employed, according to a study by disability employment social enterprise Jigsaw.
Sydney-based HR practitioners are nearly twice as likely as their Melbourne-based counterparts to say they have never hired or worked with someone with a disability (72% compared to 37%).
And the survey of more than 500 managers and HR professionals found the overwhelming majority (79%) of employers believe that job-ready people with a disability will help address worker shortages...
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