Disabled Employment New Zealand
Disabled Employment New Zealand
Many highly capable New Zealanders could be part of the workforce if barriers to their employment were removed. 74% of disabled people want to work. This website will help remove barriers.
Information to help break down barriers to employment for employers and disabled people wanting to enter the workforce. Disabled people are less likely to be employed than the general population or other minorities. Employment for disabled people is often limited by opportunity and employers attitudes rather than disability.
Employment for the Disabled NZ
Disabled Employment
My name is Glen McMillan CEO/Chairman of Disability Advisory Group New Zealand which I started in mid March 2018, I am an IT person, also very creative I have combined my IT skills with my creativity and have been designing websites for 30 years, I want more work please. This website is a sister site to my Disability Advisory Group website, I want to help connect employers with potential employees that have a disability, 24% of New Zealanders have a disability, 74% of those people want to work.
I am designing this as I go we will have a Facebook page as well. The idea being disabled people wanting employment will be able to post on our Facebook page. I also plan to have a work wanted section on this website.
- Disability definitions and etiquette
- The benefits of being a disability confident organisation
- Plan to become a disability confident organisation
- Reasonable accommodation (measures)
- Communications support
- Hiring disabled people
- Keeping disabled employees
- Financial help and wages
- Disability information and resources for employers
- Resources and government support for disabled employees and jobseekers