Employment of people with disability in the APS

Appendix 2

1. To examine the factors impacting on the recruitment and retention of people with disability in the APS in order to identify:

the barriers to recruiting people with disability to the APS as well as the measures that are most effective in recruiting people with disability to the APS
impediments to people with disability remaining within the APS (including factors such as discrimination, nature of work, flexibility of the workplace, access to flexible working options) as well as the measures that are most effective in encouraging people with disability to remain within the APS
the measures that have been most effective in encouraging APS employees generally to best support APS employees with disability
the structural issues (for example, funding reasonable adjustment) affecting employer attitudes to the employment of people with disability
the impact of technology on the employment of people with disability in the APS
the adequacy and nature of the data which agencies collect relating to applicants for APS positions and APS employees with disability.

2. To recommend actions to:

increase the level of employment in the APS of people with disability
improve the capacity of APS agencies to monitor performance through improved data relating to the employment of people with disability.