TORONTO — Ontario’s new employment strategy for people with disabilities includes a call for all businesses with more than 20 employees to hire at least one additional person with a disability. The multi-pronged employment strategy also highlights the need to create early career opportunities for young people and says it will be investing in more apprenticeships and other early career experiences for youth. The focus on business is one part of the four-pronged employment strategy, which the Ontario Liberals first promised to develop in 2013. The strategy promises to build an employment component into the Ontario Disability Support Program, the province’s primary social assistance offering for the demographic. The third piece of the employment strategy involves integrating and co-ordinating employment services, MacCharles said, adding a shift towards a supported employment approach is part of that picture.

Source: National Post June 05, 2017 17:15 UTC