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Chapter 1: Endnotes 1 Australian Bu
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54 AMP, ‘Poor Health will prevent
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111 Deloitte Access Economics, Incr
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Willing to Work National Inquiry
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Summary • Results from the Nation
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Enquiries and complaints data is an
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In particular individual experience
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There was a consistent feeling of a
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Several older people experienced su
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Nearly half of all carers are not i
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(d) Experiences of intersectional d
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The Inquiry also heard that literac
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2.3 Employers and business This sec
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Another prevailing stereotype that
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Access to flexible work arrangement
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HIA submits that more work needs to
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Public service can directly influen
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(i) Age limits on voluntary superan
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There are well documented barriers
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The Inquiry was consistently told t
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Case study 2.6 In early 2015 Harrie
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(vi) Inadequate information and gui
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Risk of injury when performing manu
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23 Australian Human Rights Commissi
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164 Housing Industry Association, S
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228 Max Duval, Submission 133 to th
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289 J Hargreaves and D Blomberg, Ad
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Summary • A targeted focus on add
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Recommendation 2: That the Australi
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Recommendation 5: That the Australi
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Furthermore, the NCVER notes that o
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Good practice example 3.1: Skills C
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The ACT’s research that underpins
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A growing number of individuals acr
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In Australia, there is a growing tr
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(a) Public health education campaig
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The government currently supports t
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The Inquiry concludes that further
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This Inquiry is concerned with meas
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(e) Access to government services R
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Further, the submission from the Au
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• education campaigns aimed at ma
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Good practice example 3.2: (continu
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(b) Organisational leadership and s
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Good practice example 3.5: (continu
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• reviewing attraction and recrui
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Good practice example 3.10: (contin
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It’s important that you don’t h
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Good practice example 3.16: Flexibl
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The employee must ask their employe
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Good practice example 3.21: (contin
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Maybe there is a place for employer
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Good practice example 3.25: Austral
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3.8 Recommendations for employers T
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(f) Build healthy workplaces The wo
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33 Maritz, Alex, Zolin, Roxanne, De
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83 Department of Employment, Inform
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154 Gardiner B., ‘RBA embraces co
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Summary • Survey and complaints d
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In 2014-15 the Australian Human Rig
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(i) Disclosure during recruitment T
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The Inquiry was also told of people
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As mentioned previously, a number o
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Case study 4.9 Jacob was employed a
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Some submissions to the Inquiry fro
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Furthermore, some people with disab
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The Inquiry also heard that there a
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Case study 4.17 An employee working
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Culturally people aren’t interest
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If they [employees] are on some med
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In our experience many employers ar
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Older Australians and people with d
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Other practical challenges can aris
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While the information and data deri
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Case study 4.18 Joe is a carer for
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Young people in consultations also
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The performance of DES providers is
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One individual told the Inquiry ‘
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My experience has been that mainstr
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The current procedure for assessing
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Many people with disabilities acces
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Another issue raised with the Inqui
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A union told the Inquiry that some
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Chapter 4: Endnotes 1 Consultation
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134 Disability Council NSW, Submiss
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208 Department of Social Services,
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275 Multicultural Disability Advoca
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340 Confidential 130 to Australian
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Summary • The case for addressing
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There are many avenues open to busi
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Recommendation 28: (continued) Thes
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The Australian Government review we
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Previous inquiries and reviews have
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• Most states and territories als
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A submission on self-employment out
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• less than half (40.9%) of parti
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However, individuals told the Inqui
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(vii) Building workforce capacity T
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Recommendation 38: That the followi
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Good practice example 5.6: Advisers
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If the return to work process fails
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The Inquiry also heard from individ
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Once the standard is adopted, the D
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5.14 Government as an employer Grea
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Given the important relationship th
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Recommendation 47: That in order to
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(a) Consider a combination of strat
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Good practice example 5.13: (contin
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When it comes to a private business
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[With] targets for employment of Ab
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Good practice example 5.18: Disabil
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Good practice example 5.22: Sharing
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Discriminatory requests for informa
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(g) Recruitment The following secti
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Several strategies were suggested t
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Good practice example 5.28: Accor F
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(k) Workplace adjustments and work
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The business benefits Through a re-
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Good practice example 5.32: Carrefo
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Good practice example 5.35: (contin
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Good practice example 5.37: Hospita
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(q) Recommendations for employers T
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Chapter 5: Endnotes 1 Australian Bu
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54 ASA Access Consultancy, Submissi
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109 Safe Work Australia, The Nation
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162 Consultation with employers, Au
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225 Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Summary Peak bodies and professiona
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• Australian Chamber of Commerce
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6.5 Share and reward good practice
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Chapter 6: Endnotes 1 When referrin
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Summary • Federal discrimination
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The Shop, Distributive and Allied E
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In the end, I had no choice but to
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The following case studies provided
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(ix) Effectiveness of the anti-disc
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Fair Work Act The Inquiry also hear
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7.2 Conclusions and recommendations
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Recommendation 48: That the Austral
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It may be that improved provisions
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(vi) Cost of legal action A number
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(b) Disability Discrimination Act T
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Employees (other than casual employ
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30 Legal Aid Queensland, Submission
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85 Victoria Legal Aid, Submission 3
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136 Employment Law Centre of WA, Su
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189 Australian Government, Towards
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Appendix 1: Inquiry Reference Panel
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Appendix 2: Australian Bureau of St
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Chart 1: People aged 15 years and o
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Chart 2: People aged 15 years and o
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Disability status The severity of a
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Glossary Core activities - Core act
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Organisation Date Career Developmen
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Organisation Date Department of Hum
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Organisation Date Lagardere Travel
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Organisation Date Orora Ltd 29 Octo
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Organisation Date The Bloomfield Gr
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Since the onset of the GFC in Septe
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Job search experience The latest av
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Participation Over the last two dec
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As a result, even though participat
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Retirement intentions The Australia
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International comparison With respe
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Exemptions Like the Age Discriminat
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Industry group 2012-13 2013-14 2014
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Year Total Public Service Total 45-
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Table 5 - Strategies or programs to
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Jurisdiction New South Wales Northe
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Table 8: Type of disability of comp
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Australian Capital Territory Human
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(b) Characteristics of complainant
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Table 21: Ratio of Complaints to En
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(c) Characteristics of respondent (
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(b) Characteristics of complainant
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(b) Characteristics of complainant
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Type of Disability 2012-13 2013-14
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Fair Work Ombudsman This section co
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(c) DES provider’s performance Th
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