Willing to work: National Inquiry into employment discrimination against older Australians and Australians with disability report

Too many older people and people with disability are denied jobs because of discrimination based on age or disability.

The right to work is a fundamental human right, but one that far too many older people and people with disability in Australia do not enjoy.

Key recommendations from the Willing to Work report include:

Establishing a Minister for Longevity;
Developing national action plans to address employment discrimination and lift the labour force participation of older people and people with disability;
Expanding the role of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency to become the Workplace Gender Equality and Diversity Agency;
Introducing national education campaigns to dispel myths and stereotypes about older people and people with disability
Adopting targets for employment and retention of older people and people with disability in the public service.

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