Australia has historically had poor rates of labour force participation for people with a disability, ranking well into the bottom half of the developed world. One barrier to work for people with a disability in current awards is minimum shift hours. For many people with pain and fatigue, disability or mental illness, three or four hours is too much to commit to when making tentative steps into the workforce.
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