Whether you are in retail or hospitality finance or construction, there are many compelling reasons why you should be actively hiring people with disability. And in these pandemic times, with unavailable Visa workers, this is more pertinent than ever. Anecdotally, many employers avoid what they see as a complicated employment scenario – they unreasonably foresee high costs, unreliability and integration difficulties. But with only 53% of our 4.6 million people with a disability in meaningful employment compared to 84% of non-disabled Australians, we have a significant problem to overcome.