people with disabilities and carers into the workforce. New research

shows carers for the disabled tend to be in low paid, low skill,

part-time jobs, and suggests stereotypes perpetuated by the media may be

partly to blame. The number of carers is set to grow as Australia's

population ages. Currently four in 10 are engaged in the workforce.

Australian School of Business academic Hugh Bainbridge says it's time to

start the conversations. There's plenty of room for improvement in

considering carers at work at the individual, organisational and

governmental levels.