Disability employment services
Guide
My discovery workbook
This workbook supports individuals with disability to work through and document the process of exploring job options. It helps the individuals to work with their families and employment counsellors to tailor their job discovery journey.
Guide
Customised Employment: A community guide
This community guide explains Customised Employment in Australia, outlining its purpose, key steps and the conditions needed for quality practice. It shows how employment can be created around a person’s strengths through thoughtful, person‑centred discovery and job design. By promoting informed choice and higher expectations, the guide reinforces that well‑matched work helps people, businesses and...
Report
Status of disability and employment laws around the world
This guide to disability legislation across 100 countries provides employers and employees with critical legal knowledge on disability inclusion. The guide covers how disability is defined, whether mental health and neurodiversity are included, whether there are employment quotas and the significant legal cases that have shaped the local law.
Website
How the supported wage system works
This resource details the Australian Government’s Supported Wage System (SWS), which enables employers to pay eligible employees with disability a productivity-based wage. Administered through the JobAccess portal, this policy outlines operational guidelines, worker eligibility criteria, formal independent workplace assessment processes, regular review mechanisms, and the financial incentive payments available to employers hiring under the framework.
Report
State of the disability sector report 2025
Disability service providers face financial losses, policy uncertainty and unfunded burdens like crisis response with most unable to sustain services at current prices. This report warns without urgent structural reform the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) risks losing quality providers and urges governments to ensure sustainable pricing and targeted support to secure disability services.