Skills and Inclusion Resources - Canberra Business Chamber

Skills and Inclusion resources to help you

Practical advice and support in building an inclusive workplace. Take a look at our skills and inclusion resources, blog articles, and useful links, to help your hire diverse talent and create inclusive teams.

Blog articles

Hiring and onboarding diverse talent

Want to build a stronger, more innovative team? Start by hiring and onboarding diverse talent. Inclusive hiring isn’t just the right thing to do – ...

Blog - The Future Of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

The future of DEI: from Compliance to Culture

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives are far from over - Australian businesses are continuing to strive for fairer, more inclusive workplaces. However, as societal ...

Is your workplace inclusive?

To assist you in creating a more inclusive workplace, the Australian Disability Network (ADN) has released a short film 'It's Not Hard to be Inclusive'.

Employing People with Disability

Did you know that around 80,000 people with disability living in the ACT? Thats 19.4 per cent of the population, or 1 in 5 people, ...

Have you considered employing people who are neuro-diverse?

Around 15 per cent of the population identify as neurodivergent and can offer many different strengths to improve your business performance. Yet many don't feel ...

Disability Action Plan

WEBINAR

Module 3: Employing People with Disability

24 October 2024

In this webinar recording you will learn how to develop a Disability Action and Inclusion Plan for your business. Our presenter, Frances Riggs shares her expertise and insights, followed by interactive activities so that you can put learning into practice.

This is part of a series of three webinars on disability action planning. The full set of webinars is available on request to Chamber members.

We can provide you with a Disability Action Plan template, but you will need to tailor it to your own business. If you want a copy, please let us know.

People with disabilities are a big potential source of talent to help businesses who need employees, and it’s the right thing to do to be open to employing them. Show your support, and sign the Pledge on Disability Action.

The Canberra Business Podcast

Digital Accessibility is Good

Listen in as Greg speaks to Brigitta Norton, Co-Chair OZeWAI (NFP professional association for Australian digital accessibility specialists and organisations).

Bri talks about the design and implementation of inclusive digital information, services, experiences and policies that enable people to participate with dignity on an equal basis.

It is important for businesses to realise that design decisions can either enable and include or disable and exclude people, particularly those with permanent disabilities.

Useful websites

ACT Office for Disability

The ACT Office for Disability provides strategic advice to create an inclusive Canberra for people with disability.

Australian Disability Network

The Australian Disability Network helps businesses build capability and confidence to welcome persons with disability as employees and customers.

Australian Human Rights Commission

The Australian Human Rights Commission has a range of resources around employment and disability.

Fair Work Ombudsman

The Fair Work Ombudsman has a toolkit of useful information about employing people with disability.

JobAccess Australia

JobAccess is the official Australian Government guide to disability employment, with resources to drive disability employment.

National Disability Services

National Disability Services offers the latest news, policy, resources, events and training on disability employment.

Do you need a hand?

If you’d like assistance finding a specific resource, the Canberra Business Chamber team are here to help.

For more information explore our Skills and Inclusion Hub, it’s your one-stop shop for creating and sustaining diverse workplaces.