Posts Tagged ‘Disabled workers’

Minimum wage exemptions see workers paid $2.17 per hour

Monday, December 5th, 2022
Minimum wage

Many disabled workers are being paid far less than minimum wage. Employers offer many reasons for this. AttainAble – $2.17 an hour Steve Drury is the general manager at AttainAble. It’s a social enterprise business that runs a factory and community programme. He says his business model wouldn’t be sustainable if he paid the minimum Read more

Disabled workers experience high rates of bullying and harassment

Thursday, November 10th, 2022

Disabled workers are disproportionately affected by bullying and harassment in the workplace, according to research by the Human Rights Commission. The research published in Experiences of Workplace Bullying and Harassment in Aotearoa New Zealand showed 61% of disabled workers had been racially harassed in the previous five years, compared to 37% of non-disabled workers. Nearly Read more

Disabled workers experience high rates of bullying and harassment

Monday, November 7th, 2022

Disabled workers are disproportionately affected by bullying and harassment in the workplace, according to research by the Human Rights Commission. The research published in Experiences of Workplace Bullying and Harassment in Aotearoa New Zealand showed 61% of disabled workers had been racially harassed in the previous five years, compared to 37% of non-disabled workers. Nearly Read more