Employment page
Employment page
Page last updated: 5 April 2012
The Disability Discrimination Act makes it unlawful to discriminate against people with disabilities in employment, including recruitment, terms and conditions of employment, and dismissal or termination.
This page is intended to provide a convenient entry point for resources on equal employment opportunity and disability which exist in various areas of the Commission s site, as well as links to resources from other organisations. Let us know if you are aware of other resources which should be referred to here or if there are materials on employment you would like to see available. See also the Commission s dealing with other grounds of employment discrimination such as sex and race discrimination.
- Main Commission pages for employers and
- Brief guide on employment and the DDA
- Workers with mental Illness: A Practical Guide for Managers
- More detailed questions and answers on the DDA
- Practical solutions and advice on disability and employment issues
- National Inquiry on employment and disability
- information
- DDA complaint decisions
- Speeches
- Other Commission resources
- Resources from State and Territory equal opportunity bodies
- Inquiries and reviews
- Other resources
- Employment statistics
Inquiry on employment and disability
National inquiry on employment and disability: index page (Links to Inquiry Report and other documents)
Brief guide on employment and the DDA
Our factsheet series on the DDA includes a brief guide on employment . More detailed materials and resources are available from links below on this page.
More detailed questions and answers on the DDA
Extensive guidance and advice on the DDA is available in the Commission's Guidance and information notes on employment.
Practical solutions and advice
- : Australian government one stop shop information site
- from US National Center on Workforce and Disability
- U.S. including an extensive and expanding list of accommodation ideas for people with various disabilities; situations and solutions; and low cost solutions ideas
- : site from UK Employers Forum on Disability
- (Canadian Human Rights Commission)
- "": from US Federal Office of Personnel Management
- : information on accessible office facilities and equipment.
Complaint decisions
- Court decisions
- Commission decisions on employment complaints (in former Tribunal role)
- Termination decisions on employment complaints
- Conciliated outcomes in employment complaints
Speeches
- Workshop on employment issues ACROD national convention, Brighton (Sydney), 24 November 2004
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner - Risky business? Occupational health and safety and the Disability Discrimination Act Employers Making a Difference seminar, Sydney, 27 October 2004
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner - Disability Discrimination Developments Australian Industry Group National PIR (Personnel and Industrial Relations) Conference Canberra, 26 October 2004
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner - Launch of Western Australian government Accessing Abilities strategy
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Perth, 15 September 2004 - Opening the doors to employment of more people with a disability
ACROD Employment Forum Sydney Olympic Park 31 July 2003
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner - "Equal employment opportunity for people with disabilities: how to move from the theoretical to the actual": Speech by Sev Ozdowski, November 2001
- "The DDA and employment of people with a disability" : speech delivered by Chris Sidoti, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner 1997-99
Other Commission resources
- Submission to 2011 House of Representatives inquiry on mental health and employment (MS Word) or PDF version
- 1995 resource paper on possible employment standards
- 1996 draft disability standards on employment
- Comments on responses to first draft standards
- Second draft disability standards on employment
- Discussion paper for DDA 10th anniversary forum
Resources from State and Territory equal opportunity bodies
- NSW Director of Equal Opportunity in Public Employment
- SAEOC (public sector employment)
- Queensland Anti-Discrimination Commission
- Northern Territory Commissioner for Public Employment strategy
Inquiries and reviews
- August 2006
- : Dept of Family and Community Services, 2003
- : Dept of Family and Community Services
- 1992
- National Employment Initiatives for People with Disabilities: Executive Summary (1990, Department of Community Services and Health, Labour and Disability Workforce Consultancy: reproduced by permission of FACS)
Other resources
Australian
- Commonwealth government publication:
- Australian Local Government Association publication
- (Australian Government Information Management Office)
- (Hypothetical with Geoffrey Robertson QC)
- : University of Western Sydney
Canada
- and
- : Human Resources Development Canada
- Canadian Human Rights Commission
- "" page
- including resource site
U.K.
Ireland
U.S.
- : central US government web resource on disability
- : home page for US government electronic and information technology accessibility standards
- including and information on
- (Rehabilitation Act s.508)
International
- : articles on IBM employment practice
Employment statistics
USA
Centre for an Accessible Society
: evaluation of ADA implementation