An Australian website has just been launched to provide businesses with "information, tips and advice on becoming a disability confident business for both employees and customers". The site, disability confidence, compliments a new publication "Opportunity – the business case for including people with disability as customers and employees". Both site and publication [...]

Today is the International Day of People with Disability
IDPwD was established in 1992 by the United Nations General Assembly and is celebrated worldwide on 3 December each year.
The aim of the day is "to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with [...]

From 1 September, changes to Victoria’s Equal Opportunity Act (1995) came into place which give protection from discrimination to working parents and carers.
Under the amendments, it is unlawful for an employer to unreasonably refuse to accommodate a person’s responsibilities as a parent or carer. The changes apply in relation to job applicants and existing employees, [...]