ࡱ> NPMM <bjbj== ,>WWl""""8,-"8NNdD$$! 1#^""Nd\"N"NV@"6N mSs! 2`  ,0-,T##"""" CREATEDATE \@ "d MMMM yyyy" \* MERGEFORMAT 27 September 2004 Mr David Mason Disability Rights Unit Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission GPO Box 5218 SYDNEY NSW 2001 Dear David Public Inquiry into Employment Opportunity for People with Disability We write in response to the recent request by the Disability Rights Unit for comments regarding the above matter. People with Disability Australia Incorporated (PWD) believes that a public inquiry could significantly advance employment opportunity for Australians with disability. We urge the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) to conduct such an inquiry in the interests of all Australians with disability. In order to ensure enhanced employment opportunity through means of a public inquiry, we believe that the following issues would require specific attention, amongst others: Non-Discrimination and rights in the workplace the type and degree of discrimination experienced by people with disability in attempting to obtain, maintain and progress in mainstream employment settings; the expressed needs and experiences of people with disability and people with particular types of disability as employees; the imposition of clear obligations upon employers and prospective employers to provide workplace adjustments; implementation domestically of international human rights norms and standards relating to labour; effectiveness of diversity and EEO programs and policies; and the effect of disability discrimination, occupational health and safety, workers' compensation, workplace injury management and other legislative requirements on opportunity and participation for people with disability. The business and economics of employing people with disability the economic and business cases for employing people with disability; strategies for identifying, engaging with, and bringing key stakeholders (especially employer groups and government) into new partnerships to enhance employment opportunities for people with disability; inadequate management of disability in the workplace, including barriers in recruitment and gaining employment, retaining employment, and career development or promotion; the role of business and management education and training; and the expressed needs of business and government as employers; Disincentives, incentives, and government programs economic disincentives to employment participation, including cost of disability and participation costs facing people with disability and means of addressing these; effectiveness of income support arrangements in providing incentives and avoiding disincentives to participation including in addressing participation costs; effectiveness of productivity based wages and supported wage supplementation in promoting mainstream employment; effectiveness of Department of Family and Community Services funded supported employment arrangements in increasing work skills and experience of people with disability and increasing opportunities for mainstream employment; and effectiveness of Job Network providers and Department of Family and Community Services funded disability employment services, both Open Employment Services and Business Services, in addressing the employment requirements of people with disability. Related issues education and training of people with disability; transport accessibility; access issues in the built environment; Government procurement requirements relating to the purchase of accessible goods and facilities; arrangements for personal support in relation to employment participation (including home and attendant care, interpreting and other assistance); and availability of flexible working arrangements. We also believe that the following documentation and processes will need to be taken into account: the recommendations and current implementation of the McClure Reports, Participation Support for a More Equitable Society: Interim and Final Reports of the Reference Group on Welfare Reform; the Federal Government's response to the Productivity Commissions review of the Disability Discrimination Act, 1992 (Cth); reviews of State and Territory anti-discrimination legislation, such as that of the New South Wales Law Reform Commission; the International Labour Organisations work on The Right to Decent Work of Persons with Disability, Managing Disability in the Workplace, The Employers Forum on Disability, and on Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled Persons. In conclusion, PWD enthusiastically welcomes the call for comments, as we believe the inquiry to be one of the most significant opportunities to improve the living conditions of people with disability throughout Australia in recent years. We would certainly appreciate the opportunity to make a significant contribution to a public inquiry into this matter. Should you have any questions regarding the above, please direct them to Matthew Keeley, Senior Legal Officer. Yours sincerely Alanna Clohesy Acting Executive Director  PAGE 3   Our vision is of a socially just, accessible and inclusive community, in which the human rights, citizenship, contribution and potential of people with disability are respected and celebrated. 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