The Australian government does nothing for disabled people!
Do Australians include those with disabilities in their community and workforce? I am not so sure.How do I know this? Petra, a young German woman described her stay in Australia in a blog. Petra is a paraplegic and she is in a wheelchair. At passport control, many questions were asked of her which did not make her feel welcome. “How can inclusion of the disabled be more successful”, she thought.
Compared to Germany where society is not always open to people with disabilities, the legal frameworks allow for a life of equality.On a human level, inclusion in Australia is successful. Nevertheless, the country has no legislation for the disabled. Thus, the integration of disabled people is poor because workers are not obliged to employ disabled people. Over 4 million Australians have a disability. 2.1 million Australians of working age (15 – 64 years) have a disability. People with disability have an employment rate of 39.8%, compared to 79.4% for people without a disability.
So, are people with disabilities integrated in Australia? No!
As an organization, EmployMe advocates that disabled people are employed and integrated in businesses as they are in Germany. EmployMe believes that companies should employ disabled people so that they make up at least 5% of employees in a company (for companies with over 20 employees). This is comparable with the legal regulation in Germany of 5%.A company should have the chance to voluntarily introduce this rate of employment for the disabled and if this does not work, we want a legal change. The company does not need to tread alone because EmployMe want to help them and want to find the right employee for the respective job.
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I don't know anything about the Australian law for disabled people. This blog entry open my eyes. The Australian government does nothing for the disabled people. The government must change the law.
ReplyDeleteHi Timm. Thanks for your comments :) Yes, that's right, Australia has a very poor track record when it comes to disability employment rates. We rank number 21 out of 29 OECD countries. I wish we could aim to be 1st, just like we aim for number 1 in our sporting pursuits. It's a real shame.
ReplyDeleteWe, at EmployME, would love to help change our ranking. You can help us by signing our petition and also help us to support more opportunities for the disabled just by making others aware of our track record. Check out this petition: can you believe this is how some of our leading business managers think or DON'T think? http://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/myer-show-us-a-real-commitment-to-people-with-disabilities-increase-disability-employment-to-10-by-2015
Are you from Germany? I hear Germany has a much better track record. Let us know what the German experience is like? You can leave some comments on our facebook page as well, then we can get a real conversation started, not just thinking about it.
Thanks Timm for your comments and your ongoing support. Best wishes from EmployMe.