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Employers should bear more responsibility for disability discrimination prevention
Employers should have a positive duty to prevent disability discrimination, similar to their s-x discrimination obligations, because the current regime isn't driving systemic change, according to Australia's Disability Discrimination Commissioner.
At a recent Anti-Discrimination NSW event, Rosemary Kayess noted the Commonwealth Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) has had only "mixed success" to date.
Disability discrimination complaints account for 50% of the Australian Human Rights Commission's total, said Kayess, who also serves on the UN's Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Anti-Discrimination NSW president Chris D'Aeth added that disability discrimination is the most common category among the 3,000-plus enquiries and 2,000-plus complaints his organisation receives every year...
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