Employment CoLab joint winner of the award for Excellence in Injury and Disability Management (Return to Work / Community) at the 2021 Excellence in Personal Injury Education Foundation (PIEF) Award ceremony

A new open employment program for people with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), developed by a team at Monash University in collaboration with key industry partners, was last week announced as a joint winner of the award for Excellence in Injury and Disability Management (Return to Work / Community) at the 2021 Excellence in Personal Injury Education Foundation (PIEF) Award ceremony.

With a total of 130 nominations and 34 finalists across nine award categories within the PIEF Awards, this new mainstream employment pathway for people with ABI - called ‘Employment CoLab’ - was identified as an innovative program that drives collaboration between employers and employees, builds inclusive workplaces, and offers mainstream wages for people with ABI.