11:40am Session

Boosting workforce participation: Challenges and opportunities

A full transcript of the address to the Jobs and Skills Summit by Megan Lilly, Ai Group's Head of Education and Training, is available for download here (see right).

"Success in raising participation among disadvantaged groups is not just about increasing hires. It is also about the experience in the workplace, about retaining people and about equipping people with generic and specific skills that will help their continuing participation.

"Employers can play an important role in all of these areas but they can’t do it alone."