Disability royal commission told low rates of pay are calculated using tool said to measure ‘productivity’ of employees
Last modified on Mon 11 Apr 2022 11.19 BST
However, the commission heard the low rates of pay are legal, with wages calculated using an assessment tool said to measure the “productivity” of employees. People working in ADEs are also on the disability support pension, which is $987 a fortnight for a single person.Disability advocacy organisations argue ADEs where workers are paid such low wages amount to exploitation and segregation, and hark back to the “sheltered workshops” in which they arose.
He said via an interpreter that he had earned $5.65 an hour when he started at the ADE in 2012. The inquiry heard it had reached $12 an hour when he left that job seven years later. Mahdi, who is blind, speaks Dari as his first language and has limited English, recounted his experience at an ADE in 2020.
His wage was lifted to $10 an hour, and when he requested $21 an hour, he was rebuffed. He resigned, citing the low pay.
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