Having a voice and saving lives: a qualitative survey on employment impacts of people with lived experience of drug use working in harm reduction

Table 3 Issues most impacting employment

Issues that most impact ‘peer’ work	Participant responses (n = 50)	%
Stigma	28	56
Health issues	19	38
Unequal work environment	21	42
Pay differences for ‘peers’	26	52
Lack of benefits	26	52
Lack of salary	27	54
Safety	14	28
Trauma (from front line work during the overdose crisis)	25	50
Social assistance (welfare/disability) impacting pay amounts	18	36

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