YouGov poll indicates nearly one in 10 HR professionals were not open to recruiting a person with disability in the future
Many Australian managers and HR professionals say they faced challenges using the disability employment services program.Many Australian managers and HR professionals say they faced challenges using the disability employment services program.Last modified on Tue 12 Jul 2022 22.49 BST
The survey, commissioned by the social enterprise Jigsaw, comes as the Albanese government urges businesses ahead of its upcoming jobs summit to employ people with disability to meet labour force shortages.The survey found 50% of Australian managers/HR professionals have never hired or worked with a person with disability. More broadly, 41% said their organisation had not hired a person with disability, and 8% said they were not open to doing so in the future.
The royal commission heard last year that at 10 major companies who reported figures to the inquiry – and which collectively employ more than 341,000 people – there was an average of 1% of employees who had a disability. About 18% of Australians have a disability. In the public service, people with disability make up 4% of the workforce, despite a goal of 7% between 2020 and 2025.
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