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Employment and disability in Australia
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BCEC AuthorsEmployment • Alex Buckland
- Mike Dockeryand disability • Alan Duncan
- Valentina Sanchez Arenasin Australia • Panos Sotirakopoulos
- Chris Twomey Improving employment outcomes • Lili Loan Vu for people with disability
2006 United Nations
1986 Disability Services 1992 Disability Convention on the
Act Discrimination Act Rights of Persons with aTimeline of Disability
major policy
2007 Australia becomes 2008 United Nations signatory of the United 2008 National Disability Convention on thereforms & Nations Convention on Agreement signed by all Rights of Persons with a the Rights of Persons states Disability ratified with a Disabilityreviews
2019 Royal Commission
2010-2020 National 2011 National Disability into Violence, Abuse,
Disability Strategy - 1st Insurance Scheme- Neglect and Exploitation
10-year strategy introduced of People with Disability
established
2020 Royal Commission 2023 Royal Commission
into Violence, Abuse, into Violence, Abuse, 2021-2031 Australian
Neglect and Exploitation Neglect and Exploitation Disability Strategy – 2nd
of people with Disability of people with Disability 10-year
interim report final report
Conceptual framework Prevalence and nature of disability – HILDA, SDAC, Census
People with disability in
Australia
Prevalence and employment outcomes
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Disability prevalence By age and gender 1998 to 2018
Disability prevalence Females – by age and cohort, 2001 to 2022
Disability prevalence Males – by age and cohort, 2001 to 2022
Employment rates by level of disability Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers: 2003 to 2018
Employment penalty Estimated employment penalty for people with disability 2003 to 2022
How does employment penalty vary? Employment penalty by level of disability 1998 to 2018
Are our workplaces inclusive?
Workplace inclusion is more than simply being classified as employed Workplace culture affects inclusion, productivity and wellbeing
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Employment Submission 79 - Attachment 2 transitions and churn Labour market trajectories for people with and without disability
Household Income and Labour
Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey, 2015 to 2022
Underutilisation of people with disability Underemployment ratio by gender and level of disability 2001 to 2022
Are people satisfied with their jobs? Average job satisfaction by disability status 2022
What barriers do people with disability face? Reasons for difficulties getting a job: jobseekers with and without disability
The wellbeing of people with disability and carers Has wellbeing been improving for Australians with disability and their carers? Does labour market engagement affect wellbeing?
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How satisfied are you with…. Life satisfaction by aspect of life: people with and without disability
Has the wellbeing gap changed over time? Life satisfaction by level of disability: 2001 to 2022
Are carers satisfied with their work? Mean job satisfaction by carer status: 2005 to 2022
Are carers satisfied with their lives? Life satisfaction by carer status: 2005 to 2022
Does work improve carers’ life satisfaction? Effects of caring role and labour force status on life satisfaction: 2005 to 2022
Shifting the dial
How can we broaden access to employment for people with disabilities?
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Establish a National Disability Employment
Agency:A work first • Based on universal right to meaningful work
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Not mutual obligation or activity testingapproach • Representation of people with disabilities in• Labour market inclusion policy formulation and oversight
must be part of the • Coordinate and align existing employment
services for people with disabilities solution
• Regular and consistent reporting of• Default assumption employment and wellbeing outcomes
including measures of social inclusion, self- should be that people determination, and meaningful work. with disabilities are able
- Undertake evaluations and research and to access meaningful disseminate information on best practice work.
The economic return to inclusion of
people with $16 billiondisability in Australia per year
Increasing the number of people with disability who are employed by 10 per cent would raise national economic output by…
Education matters… Share of people with Bachelor’s degree and higher: 2001 to 2022
Education matters… Employment penalty by education level for people with disability: HILDA and SDAC
Summary &
Recommendations
What policies and strategies can improve the employment prospects and workplace wellbeing of people with disabilities?
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- Establish a National Disability Employment AgencyKey policy • Similar to the US Office of Disability
Employment Policyrecommendations
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Coordinate policy settingLabour market inclusion must relating to employmentbe part of the solution
• Disability Employment Services,A work first approach Australian Disability Enterprises the
founded on the universal Disability Support Pension right to meaningful
- Leverage the capacity of theemployment for people with corporate sectordisability
Leverage the capacity of the corporate sector
Perceived barriers to employing National Disability people with disability Employment Agency:
Leverage the capacity of the corporate sector
Perceived barriers to employing National Disability people with disability Employment Agency:
- Don’t know where to start • Link employees, services and employers
Leverage the capacity of the corporate sector
Perceived barriers to employing National Disability people with disability Employment Agency:
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Don’t know where to start • Link employees, services and employers
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Complexity of dealing with • Integrate & coordinate policies multiple agencies
Leverage the capacity of the corporate sector
Perceived barriers to employing National Disability people with disability Employment Agency:
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Don’t know where to start • Link employees, services and employers
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Complexity of dealing with • Integrate & coordinate policies multiple agencies
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Subsidies for workplace adjustment & wage-productivity gap• Unsure about costs
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Payments based on outcomes
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Evaluation, communicate best practice
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Promote educational attainment & education-to-work transitionKey policy recommendations •• EarlyNationalinterventionPartnership(fromAgreementYear 9) between states and territoriesLabour market inclusion must be part of the solution 5. Leadership of public sector and A work first approach community organisations founded on the universal
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Change attitudesright to meaningful
- Of employers, workers, and theemployment for people with wider community disability
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