Photo / Getty ImagesWorkplace discrimination and Covid has meant Bay jobseekers with a disability are struggling to get employment - despite their skillsets. Disability Action Bay of Plenty service manager Paula Young. Photo / SuppliedCCS Disability Action Bay of Plenty service manager Paula Young said the organisation worked with 350 people with disabilities and their families. A quarter of New Zealanders have a disability, and so hiring people with a disability better represents the society in which we live." Government Action Plan* In August the Government launched Working Matters: The Disability Employment Action Plan.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 02, 2021 21:01 UTC