News Archive: Disability

NEON news stories relating to Disability


April 2007
Employment discrimination statistics April 2006-March2007. Race and disability discrimination a continuing concern.
Disabled people's employment bill repealed.
DPEP repeal bill: A carer's story.
What is the financial cost of care?
The lowest paid carers of all.
Who cares? Women in the homecare industry. Editorial by Janice Burns, Top Drawer Consultants.
Work life balance earns staff commitment: EEO Trust story.

March 2007
Banking on Diversity.  British bank Barclays leads the way with a disability mentoring programme for employees.

December 2006
Reasonable accommodation: How hard is that? Helping a person with a disability to work doesn't have to be that difficult.
Sign up for coffee: Star Sign Cafe is the first and only cafe in New Zealand staffed and run by deaf people.
International EEO news: Includes story on new minimim wage rules for people with disabilities in Australia.

November 2006
Making disability work: Human Rights Commissioner Robyn Hunt on the UN Convention on Disability. 

May 2006
An Accessible Work-wide Web - article on accessible web content by Robyn Hunt
Disability in the Workplace - the Good News and the Bad News. Four stories including an interview with Australian accessible technologies guru Mark Bagshaw
 
March 2006
The jury’s in
 
November 2005
EEO Brain-Gain – interview with Susan Biggs, new Senior Advisor Crown Entities
Short - The New Zealand Sign Language Bill
 
September 2005
Short - Raranga Tupuake
 
July 2005
On a roll
 
May 2005
Disabilities on the road
Easing into the disability pool: Employers speak
Unions tackle factory floor & wage floor
 
March 2005
Tapping into the Disability talent pool
Work in Mind