Abstract
Equality in an employment opportunity or commonly known Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) is still not entirely applicable to a person with disabilities. World Report on Disability record 15,3 percent of the world population is the person with disabilities at 2010. Most of the person with disabilities had not taken part in the mainstream of social activity and mostly relied on social aid, including in Indonesia, where 74,7 percent from the total of a person with disabilities are unemployed. Their living expenses and necessities mostly sustained by their own family, government, or social organization – which had caused a considerable loss for concerned parties. This research intended to discover factors that influence the low employment of a person with disabilities in Indonesia, then aim for the correlations between those factors to the acceptance of employer for a person with disabilities, as well as recommending concerned employer or organizations in supporting employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. Research methodology is done by the survey to an employee about their viewpoint towards workers with disabilities, and data processing is done by SPSS software. Results of research show that education level and design of work procedure significantly affect the low employment rate of workers with disabilities in Indonesia. Further studies and development required to elaborate proper job design for a worker with disabilities, also for developing education system for workers with disabilities.
Highlights
Most people with disabilities did not have equivalent access to health care, education and working opportunities so they cannot perform a regular daily activity
Equal opportunity in employment for all (Equal Employment Opportunity), in which person with disabilities should have the same opportunity in employment
This tool with survey aims to find factors that caused a low level of disabilities employment in Indonesia based on management point of view from some private enterprises
Summary
Most people with disabilities did not have equivalent access to health care, education and working opportunities so they cannot perform a regular daily activity. Increasing employment opportunities for persons with disabilities become a purpose for a person with disabilities to live independently, which decreasing dependency to government aid and non-government social organization. According to World Report on Disability (2011), on 2010 approximately person with disabilities reach 15,3 percent of world population. According to ILO (2007) from 650 millions of person with disabilities, there are 470 million people with disabilities in productive age range. In the sake of their survival, most person disabilities with aided by their families and non-disabilities organization. Khor (2010) mentioned that World Bank estimated the total worldwide loss of gross domestic product (GDP) is between US$ 1.37 trillion to US$ 1.94 trillion as the effect of not involving a person with disabilities in society mainstream In the sake of their survival, most person disabilities with aided by their families and non-disabilities organization. Khor (2010) mentioned that World Bank estimated the total worldwide loss of gross domestic product (GDP) is between US$ 1.37 trillion to US$ 1.94 trillion as the effect of not involving a person with disabilities in society mainstream
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