Happily employed intellectually disabled workers will soon be out of jobs if the Government removes employers’ subsidies, a New Plymouth cafe owner is warning.
Peter Hardgrave of Espresso Cafe, who has regularly employed intellectually disabled workers for nine years, says he will now pull the pin because a Government policy to gradually remove the subsidy will make future employment impractical.
The short-sighted policy did not take into account the fact that the worker would never have the same abilities as the rest of the workforce, he said. Continue reading