Millions of Australians have a chronic illness. So why aren’t employers accommodating them?
- Written by Peter Ghin, Research fellow, Future Of Work Lab, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne
Kat von Wood/UnsplashMore than 20 million Australians have at least one long-term health condition, 63% of whom are in the workforce.
The causes of chronic illness are complex and are often unconnected to a person’s work. But at times, the continued exposure to work stressors can lead to or exacerbate chronic health conditions including muscu...





