This employment guide for people with disability provides real-life examples as well as activities to brainstorm and help support the practical implementation of suggested steps. The guide covers many themes from setting a vision and career goals, to exploring work opportunities, customised employment and capturing the learnings.

A toolkit designed for people with disability starting their employment journey. By using this toolkit, different skills, experiences, interests and conditions can be identified and understood. This resource supports the journey towards a customised role within meaningful and purposeful employment.

This report investigates the implementation of Customised Employment (CE) in Australia, focusing on its effectiveness and the barriers faced by National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants in accessing CE services. Findings reveal that CE offers strong employment outcomes for people with intellectual and complex disabilities, especially when its four stages are properly applied. However, challenges...

One common critique of the unemployment rate in Australia is that it understates the true level of spare capacity in the economy by excluding individuals who are willing and able to work, but are currently classified as Not in the Labour Force (NILF). The author of this paper outlines some alternative approaches for measuring unemployment.

The number of unemployment benefit recipients who remained on the unemployment benefit long-term (for two or more years) has climbed from 150,000 to nearly half a million between 2006 and early 2023. Does such a steep rise reflect a growing culture of benefit dependency in Australia? The authors of this paper find that it does...