Is Yours an All Inclusive Workplace?

Is your organisation all-inclusive when it comes to employment opportunities? Disabled people are a fabulous untapped talent pool of loyal and committed employees who bring a perspective that can transform culture, client relations and performance.

As Evac+Chair Distributors we specialise in helping you eliminate danger for any employees/clients/visitors who could not use the stairs in an emergency — including injured, obese, pregnant, asthmatic, or other conditions. Evacuation schemes that leave such people behind must be the height of discrimination, and fly in the face of the Human Rights Act and Health and Safety regulations (see "New Zealand Legislation").

The State Sector is taking a leading role to increase employment and retention of disabled people. Resources and support agencies referenced: Taking the Lead (ssc.govt.nz/Lead); Office for Disability Issues (odi.govt.nz); Workbridge (workbridge.co.nz — has in some cases funded the purchase of an Evac+Chair where critical to a person's employment); NZDSN supported-employment list (nzdsn.org.nz/employment/); ACC (acc.co.nz); Work and Income (workandincome.govt.nz); Be. Accessible / Minnie Baragwanath (belab.co.nz, beaccessible.org.nz) including a free accessibility self-assessment. Much of the above is drawn from the MSD toolkit on employing disabled people (ssc.govt.nz Toolkit PDF).