Fed: Employers divided over who should pay for disabled jobs

AAP General News (Australia)
04-19-2005
Fed: Employers divided over who should pay for disabled jobs

As federal cabinet meets today to discuss welfare changes ahead of next month's Budget,
the private sector is divided over who should foot the bill for finding jobs for disabled
people.

Employer groups disagree over who should provide incentives to draw some of Australia's
700,000 people on disability support pensions into paid work.

SUZANNE COLBERT, chief executive of Employers Making a Difference, has told ABC radio
the government, not employers, should pay for training.

But Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive PETER HENDY has told
the ABC the private sector needs to do whatever it can to draw people with disabilities
into jobs.

The government is also considering forcing single parents into the workforce after
their children reach primary school age as part of a welfare shake-up.

AAP RTV shh/lm/jmt

KEYWORD: WELFARE (CANBERRA)

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