A new national plan to improve conditions for people with disability working in supported employment acknowledges their human rights but fails to substantively address the issue of subminimum wages, with advocates labelling the omission “disappointing”.
The combined commonwealth, state and territory plan for supported employment, to be released by the federal social services minister, Amanda Rishworth, on Thursday, proposes action to provide people with disability “informed choice and control about their employment” and a “genuine opportunities to work in a wide range of settings”.
