Recruitment in Australia must respond to changing labour market conditions and social trends. You can address your future recruitment requirements by expanding your workforce through the employment of people with disability. The following media clips demonstrate why employing people with disability makes good business sense.
To play our multi media clips, you will need Windows Media Player. If you don't have Windows Media Player, you can download a free version from the Windows Download Centre—see our Related Links. Downloading the software can take a while on slow Internet connections. To make the files accessible to as many people as possible, each media file is captioned and the transcript for each file is also available.
Benefits to business
Who will you employ tomorrow? Hear what past Prime Minister's Employer of Year Award winners have to say about employing people with disability:
These employers have found that people with disability often stay in the job longer than other employees:
People with disability can have lower absenteeism and often take less sick leave than other employees:
If you're worried about workers compensation costs when you take on an employee with disability, research in this area and the experiences of the following employers show that there is no need to be concerned:
Many customers and suppliers appreciate it when your workforce represents the diversity of the Australian population. Employing people with disability can also have a positive effects on team work and morale:
As an employer you want the right person for the job. The right person could be someone with disability:
You don't need to be an expert in the employment of people with disability. As these employers show, there is plenty of help and support available:
Assistance is available for employers to help with the cost of workplace adjustments or solutions to accommodate a worker with disability in a job:
Prime Minister's Employer of the Year Award winners
Hear what past Prime Minister's Employer of the Year Award winners have to say about the benefits to their business of employing people with disability.
More information?
The benefits to business media clips are available on DVD through our Need Staff? Promoting the employment of people with disability kits. Call the JobAccess Advisers on 1800 464 800 for your free kit or see the following links for information: