Thursday, May 15, 2008

Arabic Employment Forum

On 17 April, 2008, Sydney Employment Development Service, in partnership with the Disability Employment Network and supported by Liverpool City Library, held an information session on on "Improving the Capacity of Arabic Small Business Owners to Host Employees with Disabilities”.

The forum focused on employers from Arabic speaking background with an aim to increase the participation of people with a disability within their businesses.

This project was supported by the Australian Government's Employer Demand Demonstration Project Fun

The topics (and speakers) included:

Aims of the forum, benefits and responsibilities for employers and employees (Eehab To'mah); Benefits of work subsidies, supported wage and special wage permits (Eduardo Luis); Workplace modifications and Occupational Health & Safety (Lara Oram, OT); and Apprenticeships - CVGT (Abraham Ghossain, AC).

This project is a fine example of how different organisations can work together side by side to increase awareness of people with a disability at the work place.