Why a reluctance to disclose is hurting Queensland’s diversity targets

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The Queensland government has failed to reach this diversity target, but it has still raised the bar, with public sector workers happy to disclose anonymously.

A reluctance by Queensland’s public servants to tell their boss whether they are living with a disability means the government will struggle to hit its ambitious diversity target.

Most who told their boss did so after they had been given the job, while 18 per cent had not told anyone in their workplace about their disability. “It could be they feel that their disability or impact is temporary, and they don’t want a long term-stigma that might come with disclosing in the workforce.”However, this presents a challenge for the state government, which in 2016 set a target of 8 per cent of its workforce being made up of people living with a disability by 2022.Other figures show a different story.

that has attracted more than 10 million views, said a person’s relationship with their disability was personal to them.“It’s really obvious that I have a disability, and I’m not afraid to disclose ... but I don’t think it’s useful if I were to lecture people with a disability and say they have to disclose.”

 

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