Australia has one of the lowest employment rates for people with disability in the OECD and the Business Council believes the untapped talent is an opportunity.
The Business Council of Australia says improving disability employment rates could contribute over $50 billion to Australia's GDP by 2050.The Business Council of Australia conducted a survey on the representation of employees with disabilities.
There is a significant disparity between the number of organisations who count employees with disability among their senior leadership and those who say they want to do more. "Australia has one of the lowest employment rates for people with disability in the OECD, ranking at 21 out of the 29 countries. This means people with disability represent one of Australia's greatest under-represented talent pools."
"We know employment is key to unlocking economic security, independence and wellbeing but it is also fundamental to our national prosperity."In partnership with the Australian Network on Disability, the BCA on Monday released the results of the member survey conducted late last year.
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