My worth - less than minimum wage apparently.
Thursday/August/2007 12:13 PM Filed in: Business
Last month I received a phone call from another
consultant who had entered into a training contract
with a local authority and felt they needed help
delivering a course on Independent Living and Direct
Payments.
I had worked at events with this person before and they wanted my knowledge and presentation skills to deliver parts of the course.
As a co-trainer I was offered less than minimum wage. I declined this insulting and tokenistic offer.
It is common for a 'wheel 'em in, wheel 'em approach by so called Disability Consultants because it looks good having a disabled person present. This is wrong but unfortunately not uncommon. If disabled people are being consulted then their knowledge and contribution should be valued and payment provided on an equal par to a none-disabled consultant who is an expert in a particular field.
I had worked at events with this person before and they wanted my knowledge and presentation skills to deliver parts of the course.
As a co-trainer I was offered less than minimum wage. I declined this insulting and tokenistic offer.
It is common for a 'wheel 'em in, wheel 'em approach by so called Disability Consultants because it looks good having a disabled person present. This is wrong but unfortunately not uncommon. If disabled people are being consulted then their knowledge and contribution should be valued and payment provided on an equal par to a none-disabled consultant who is an expert in a particular field.
