Employment Of Disabled People Research Articles

Professional Limitations and Capabilities of People with Various Disabilities

The availability for work and durability of employment of disabled people depends on a range of factors. These are factors of demographic-social, cultural, economic, legal, organizational-institutional nature. These are also factors of biomedical nature (psychological-personal and medical) that shape individual functional abilities of the individual, i.a. the nature of cognitive processes, knowledge acquisition, development of skills and competences that are significant from the point of view of professional path, efficiency of work that is provided, mobility, flexibility or adaptability skills. The aim of this paper is to discuss functional nature of people with various disabilities in the context of professional limitations and capabilities.

Questions of medical and social examination and rehabilitation of disabled people with the consequences of military trauma

The expert characteristics of the clinical and functional status of the military personnel for the first time recognized as disabled in 2016 because of «military trauma» are considered. It is known that the objectification of methods of expert rehabilitation diagnosis in the implementation of medical and social expertise in the establishment of disability and the development of individual programs of rehabilitation/habilitation of disabled people-one of the main objectives of the concept of «Improvement of the state system of medical and social expertise and rehabilitation of disabled people.» In accordance with this provision, clinical and expert indicators are analyzed, confirmed by the data of expert rehabilitation diagnostics, allowing to objectify the impaired functions and structures of the body of soldiers who have received a military injury, when examined in the Bureau of medical and social expertise. The main clinical and functional syndromes that have expert significance and have influenced the adoption of expert decisions in the establishment of disability groups are presented. The article describes in detail the contraindicated and shown factors of the recommended labor activity, which should be guided in the employment of disabled people from among the former soldiers. The use of evidence-based recommendations in practice makes it possible to determine the forms and conditions of employment in normal or specially created working conditions for the rational employment and socialization of servicemen who have become disabled. Referring to the updated normative legal acts, taking into account the principle of inseparability of the medical and social examination procedure from the formation of individual programs of rehabilitation/habilitation of disabled persons, the authors illustrate the possibilities of professional rehabilitation and employment of military personnel who have different groups of disability due to «military trauma».

Employment of Disabled People in Russia in the Context of the Digital Economy

This paper analyses indicators which describe the employment of disabled people in Russia and the position of this group in the Russian labour market. Special attention is given to disabled workers skills in the sphere of information and communication technologies. The analysis is based on data from the Rosstat population surveys and administrative data. The analysis shows that the information on the disabled people employment is limited due to an underrepresentation of the disabled in the data from population surveys and the methodological approaches used in administrative data. Available statistics demonstrate that the disabled are in a weak position in the Russian labour market: low employment rates, high unemployment rates, widespread employment in the informal sector, and the concentration of employment in low-skilled occupations. Furthermore, disabled people of working age in Russia possess markedly weaker digital skills than non-disabled, which further worsens their position in the labour market.

Analysis of the Labor Market Situation of People with Disabilities

People with disabilities belong to a social group at risk of poverty. In their daily lives, they face prejudice and obstacles in the labor market. The purpose of this paper is to analyze and assess the labor market situation of people with disabilities which, according to data analysis, is much more difficult than that of persons without disabilities. In 2010–2016, the activity rate of disabled people was, on average, by 39 percentage points lower compared to the total population. The disadvantageous situation of disabled people is impacted by frequent amendments to legal regulations. Over recent years, the changes in the area of subsidized employment have contributed to an increase in employment of disabled people in the open labor market, accompanied by a decrease in employment figures in sheltered workshops.

Sytuacja zawodowa osób niepełnosprawnych w Polsce – regulacje prawne

The situation of people with disabilities on the labor market varies and depends on a number of problems depending both on the situation and the degree of their disability, the employer and the wider environment. The work presents issues related to the employment of disabled people both in the open and protected labor market. It also considers number of benefits resulting from the creation and adaptation of the workplace for a person with incomplete performance on the open labor market based on legal provisions in this area. Many people with disabilities work or want to work professionally despite health restrictions, drawing satisfaction from it. Professional work is a significant source of income, it is a basic factor of economic independence that favors the integration of disabled people into society, and above all it is the process of vocational rehabilitation. Work gives you the chance to become independent, improve your standard of living, enhance your values and raise your prestige. The possibility to guarantee people with disabilities the right to work in favorable conditions and on an equal basis without discrimination has become one of the basic guidelines for the employment policy of the disabled. The provisions of the law both Polish and EU under special protection include: working time, additional breaks at work, the right to leave and layoffs for the time of performing the necessary tests – treated as privileges of the disabled during employment.

ПРАВО НА ПРАЦЮ У КОНТЕКСТІ КОНВЕНЦІЇ ООН ПРО ПРАВА ОСІБ З ІНВАЛІДНІСТЮ

The article is devoted to studying of issues, which is related to the legal status of citizens with disabilities in Ukraine, in particular the aspects tied with an employment. Ways for improving of current situation in our country were identified. The provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ratified by Ukraine in 2009, are considered. The content of Article 27 are clarified. The obligations imposed on the states under the Convention are specified. The conditions of the policy in the field of employment of citizens with disabilities in Ukraine are described. A number of existing problems of people with disabilities in this area are mentioned. However, the core one from them is the fact that our country's national legislation is not complied with the provisions of the Convention. The actions of the Ukrainian authorities taken in order to comply the current legislation and conditions with international standards are given. These issues were considered in the State Target Program "National Action Plan for the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities". As a striking example that reflects the situation in the country today, statistics on the level of employment of people with disabilities are given. In addition, the results of surveys to find out the reasons for the relatively low level of employment of this category of people in Ukraine are added. These results are compared with the statistics of the European Union member states. The peculiarities of the policy in the sphere of social protection of the rights of people with disabilities in the EU, in terms of their future application in Ukraine. The experience in the field of employment of people with disabilities in such countries as France, Great Britain, Italy, Sweden is considered in more detail. Emphasis is placed on ways to improve the current conditions in Ukraine. Ideas for solving the highlighted problems in the field of employment of disabled people in our country, taking into account the results of research on the experience of other countries.

The corporate social responsibility policies for the inclusion of people with disabilities as predictors of employees’ identification, commitment and absenteeism

Few studies have explored the effect on employees of corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies focused on the inclusion of people with disabilities. The present research examines the extent to which employees’ perceptions of CSR policies aimed at the employment of disabled people are related to organizational identification, commitment, and absenteeism. A questionnaire was administered to 104 employees (participation rate: 41.1%). Correlations and common method variance tests, and linear regressions were performed. Only the internal-focus policies have an effect on employees’ identification and commitment, although the external-focus policies have been more deeply studied. There were no significant results related to absenteeism. Our research highlights the impact of internal-focus policies for the inclusion of people with disabilities in the commitment and identification of all employees, those with and without disabilities. The results also contribute significantly to the design of strategies that facilitate and enhance the normalization of these employees in the labor market, helping practitioners to target these companies as future employers of people with disabilities.

Social adaptation and employment of disabled people during the Great Patriotic War (on the materials of the Tatar ASSR)

The article deals with the problems of social adaptation of disabled veterans of the Great Patriotic War in the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic after their return to peaceful life. Based on the documentary materials extracted from the funds of the federal and Tatarstan archives The author characterizes forms of state support for war-maimed people, resolution of their production training and employment, appointment of pensions, opening of boarding houses, organization of health care services, etc. It is noted that for the majority of disabled people this targeted support was often a determining factor in ensuring their livelihoods. The employment of disabled veterans of the Patriotic War made it possible to solve a two-fold problem: in the conditions of an acute shortage of workers, a new personnel reserve was created for the economy and at the same time social protection of veterans returned after treatment in hospitals was provided. Many disabled veterans of the Great Patriotic War showed themselves well in the workplace, became leaders and were nominated for leadership positions. But there were those who led an immoral lifestyle, begging. The authorities, called to solve the issues of social rehabilitation of disabled people, did not always cope with the tasks assigned to them. Evidence of this is the facts of the soullessly-bureaucratic attitude of certain officials to the needs and requests of disabled people, cases of appropriation of funds and squandering of state funds.

Macroeconomic impact of flexicurity on the integration of people with disabilities into the labour market. A two-regime spatial autoregressive analysis

The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of flexicurity upon regional labour market performance in the employment of disabled people. To this purpose, we estimate a matching function by means of a two-regime spatial autoregressive model on Italian regions for the period 2006–2011. Our results highlight the importance of spatial interactions in the matching process of disabled people, which enable Northern–Central Italy regions to find a job for a number of disabled persons five times higher than the one employed by Southern Italy regions.

Employment Of People With Disabilities In Romania

Background: Promoting optimal social integration of people with disabilities, as active citizens, represents a major objective of Romanian health, social and political strategies. Methods: Review of the official data and studies on employment of disabled people, actualized to 2015. Results: The total number of disabled people was 759,019 (3.41% of the Romanian population). About 415,852 (59.58%) were aged between 18 and 64. Rate of employment of disabled persons is very small (14%). People with somatic disability represent the most employed category (38.4%); least employed were the mental (3.1%) and psychiatric (5.2%) categories. The number of authorized protected units (sheltered employment) increased up to 722 units (recorded in 2015). Discussion: A terminology clarification and unification approach, at national level (between concepts of disability vs. handicap), has become a necessity. Romanian legal frame regarding labour policy and working with disabilities imposes material obligations for employers (the 4% quota system) but also offers fiscal facilities for them. Disabled persons (with accentuated and severe disability/ handicap) are exempt from income tax and complementary cumulate the non-taxable income and disability benefits. Conclusion: This original paper is an updated integrative approach to the Romanian strategy and policy of (re-)employment of people with disabilities. It underlines the main achievements, improvements and limitations in the continuous endeavor of implementation of the legislative framework on the protection, integration and inclusion of disabled persons in Romania.

Does flexicurity promote the employment of disabled people? A panel analysis for Italian regional data

The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of flexicurity upon regional labour market performance in the employment of disabled people. To this purpose, we implement a static model, via 2SLS, and a dynamic model, via GMM-system, on Italian regions for the period 2006–2011. Our results show a failure of flexicurity for people with disabilities in terms of policy, it is important to promote more flexibility in the laws governing the employment of disabled people and in contributory benefits transfer programmes. Moreover, it is necessary to promote policy actions aimed at supporting private firms in their production process.

I servizi di inserimento lavorativo per le persone con disabilità in provincia di Torino: riflessioni su quindici anni di attività e incertezze e prospettive per il futuro

[The job placement services for people with disabilities in the province of Turin: reflectionson fifteen years of activity and uncertainties and future prospects] The Regional fund for employment of people with disabilities, established by theRegional Law n. 51/00, has been the main method used in the past to make possibleand sustainable, as part of the services for the work, the targeted employmentof disabled people. The new institutional structure of provinces and “MetropolitanCity”, as defined by the reform introduced by the Law of 7 April 2014, n. 56, andthe uncertainty that still pervades the final structure of the functions assigned bythe state to the provinces, requires a rethinking of the organizational form of theservices, so as not to miss the precious heritage of relationships and cooperativepractices developed in recent years on the individual territories. This article intends to build a synthetic report of what has been done in recent years,in order to propose directions and work tracks for a new restart of activities and thedefinition of services more responsive to the needs expressed by the territory of thenew Metropolitan City area. The author emphasizes the need to start thinking seriouslyon practicality in our area to experiment devices and processes of inclusion inthe long term, based on forms of alternation between socialization - training - work,that the European practice called “sheltered workshop” and that in Italy can rely onthe widespread experience of “type B” social cooperative, which means “protected”job placement or “transition” to employment for people with greater difficulties (forreasons of age, experience , spendable skills, length of absence of work, etc.).

Disability and Work: A Two-Stage Empirical Analysis of Italian Evidence at Provincial Level in Providing Employment for Disabled Workers

Law 68 of March 12, 1999, whose aim is the regulation and promotion of the employment of persons with disabilities, has contributed significantly to their employment of disabled people, and consequently to their social inclusion, by transferring the responsibility for its implementation to the local authorities. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of Italian provinces in providing employment of disabled people according to law 68/99 and to examine which are the factors that could lead to an improvement of efficiency of the provinces that are not classified among the most efficient ones in the application of article 13 of this law. To this purpose, we propose a two-step analysis. First, we apply data envelopment analysis (DEA) technique in order to evaluate provinces’ performance with respect to the number of disabled people employed. Then, we apply models for censored data (Tobit model) to the efficiency scores obtained from DEA analysis. The results show that the sheer presence of potential employers and of employment offices is not enough to make a province able to correctly apply the law 68/1999. A second group of variables, i.e. socio-welfare factors, has to be considered, as the environmental context where each Province operates could influence the efficiency of each province in providing employment for disabled people. Hence, socio-welfare variables ought to be included as policy instruments in order to promote the integration of disabled people in the labour market.

Sociale werkvoorziening: drie scenario’s voor de toekomst

Abstract title Abstract title The establishment of social employment (SE) and the employment of disabled people in the Netherlands has been the subject of debate for several decades. There are calls for more participation of people with disabilities into the regular labour market. The fundamental question in this debate is whether a far-reaching integration of people with disabilities into the mainstream labour market is possible and desirable and to what extent sheltered workshops will function in the future.This article analyses on the basis of a literature review, document analysis and interviews with 20 field experts, how social employment can be organized. To streamline the variety of these perception, we present three scenarios for the future: 1) a scenario where sheltered workshops act as intermediaries between employers, communities and employees, 2) a scenario where the social services have a central role in an integrated approach to different regulations and 3) a scenario, following the American model, where the employment of disabled people is left entirely to the market. The use of the system’s theory supports the provision of an overview in the differences and similarities between the three scenarios.

5-3 887 Naude L & Delport CSL THE INTEGRATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE INTO THE OPEN LABOUR MARKET: A SOCIAL WORK PERSPECTIVE

It has been established that people with disabilities are in most cases excluded from society and major activities in society such as social recreation and employment in the open labour market. Only 1% of people with disabilities in South Africa are working in the open labour market. Only some of the 99% who do not work receive a small grant from the state, which is their only form of income (White Paper on Integrated National Disability Strategy 1997:2-3). It is an objective of the South African government to achieve equity in the open labour market. As little research has formally been done regarding the attitudes, perceptions and needs of employers regarding the integrating of people with disabilities into the labour market, the subject of this study is relatively new. The researchers have therefore conducted an exploratory research study to explore employment possibilities for people with disabilities, the attitudes, perceptions and needs of employers as well as barriers that prevent the employment of disabled people. On the basis of this information the researchers have described guidelines for a training programme for employers to integrate people with disabilities into the open labour market.

THE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES OF DISABLED PEOPLE AT CALL CENTERS: SOME CASES FROM TURKEY

The issue of employment is very important subject for countries where the rates of unemployment is high in the world. While the issue of unemployment is seen a major subject in some countries, other countries see it more minor. However, every country, including developed, faces with unemployment depending on their development level. The lack of skills and knowledge, matching problems and legal and regulatory issues in labor markets may cause and increase the unemployment rates of countries. In addition, there are different groups in unemployed people who are socially and economically excluded such as youths, old people, women, uneducated and disabled people. Especially, these excluded groups are benefited of the emergence of information and communication technologies. In this sense, the last decade, disabled people had many employment opportunities by using information and communication technologies either at workplace or at home. In this mean, call centers offer new opportunities for disabled people in terms of workplace environment. When it is investigated the data related to call centers in Turkey and the world, it is seen that call centers have a potential on employment and a high turnover rate. Call centers are popular businesses and day by day they are becoming an important employment sources for the disabled people who can reach that kind of jobs and adopt easily with their disabilities. Also, because call centers don’t require high level qualifications, they make disabled people, who can’t reach education opportunities, more socially included. Technological developments make the call center businesses more adaptive towards flexible working models and implement these technologies into their work processes. With the new emerging technologies (information and communication technologies), call centers can use either offices or homes as their work places. Thus, disabled people, who can’t go to work places from home, can work at their homes and take part in working life by using information and communication technologies and the internet. Of course, there are some risks when disabled people work at home, they may become excluded from social life and environment. Also, when disabled people work at home they will feel more relax, but they can’t be integrated into social life and be excluded from the society. In order to include disabled people into society, call centers businesses should establish their offices rather than giving jobs to the homes. With this sense, call center projects are developed so as to provide employment opportunities for disabled people in the world and Turkey. The common point of these call centers projects is to include disabled people into working life in short term by giving them necessary training. However, legal and social responsibilities are going to be completed for companies by giving disabled people working opportunities. With this study, employment opportunities are provided by information technologies were examined for disabled at call centers in the world and Turkey. In the first part of the paper, the definition of disabled people, their inclusion and employment opportunities are studied. In the second part, the definition of call centers, their working processes and if they are an employment source are examined. At the final part, disabled people and call centers relations and call centers’ contribution to employment of disabled people are evaluated with some examples.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.eis.0.5.1098

Work life, new technology and employment of disabled people: A twenty year programme

A development programme was carried out by the Swedish government and the Swedish Labour Market Board (AF) over a period of more than twenty years. The paper describes a case history of a single national programme. Some significant conclusions from it are given. The rationale for the effort was the advent of micro-computers in the early 1980s and the ICT development in general. It was realised that people with disabilities would struggle in the job market if active measures were not taken. Within the AF expertise on different impairments and functional disorder was employed, often highly-skilled with many years of experience of helping people with workplace adaptations. In five years some 4000 jobs for disabled jobseekers were established by applying public procurement, partly on a pre-competitive basis. After these first five years the programme was regularised but still only as a development tool for another fifteen years, with a yearly budget of 0,5-1,0 M\psfig{figure=eur.eps,width=1.9mm}. The ICT technology offered successively a range of generative options, often pre-empting application to solutions beneficial for people having a variety of functional difficulties in their jobs. The projects were intended to include a potential to result in products or services on the open market. If new technology could be transferred into regular business, it would benefit the chief target groups and their procurers in the long run. One success case was Comfort Audio AB. The company was started in 1994 by two young entrepreneurs. Fifteen years later it employs some 60 people and finds its market all over the world with its cutting edge technology for hearing impaired persons.

Quota for the employment of disabled people in Russia: strategies for compliance

Subject area Human resource management. Study level/applicability The case might be used in teaching International Management or Russian society at a Master's level, including MBA. Case overview Quotas for the employment of disabled people exist in many countries, including Russia. Many companies in Russia, however, are “forced” to find “creative solutions” to avoid this quota. This attitude is caused not by the unwillingness of companies to support disabled people, but rather by their moral and technical unreadiness to do so. Using one example of a company providing freight services, the case illustrates this. The company is faced with additional challenges: it is a 100 percent subsidiary, dependant on its parent company in many respects – especially in financial matters. Expected learning outcomes Students: learn some informal practices (legislative norms and networks) in the Russian business context;, discuss how organizations are faced with informal practices and establish problem solving techniques; and receive some additional information on the business environment in Russia. Supplementary materials Teaching notes.

Employment of disabled people in Norway and the United Kingdom. Comparing two welfare regimes and why this is difficult

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research is an international peer-reviewed journal aiming to disseminate innovative, high quality, social research on disability, which enables critical reflection on the position of people with disabilities in different societal contexts.The journal’s defining characteristic is a focus on the relationship between people with disabilities and their environments. It is multi-disciplinary in scope, incorporating research from a variety of perspectives - such as sociological, historical, cultural studies, health and social policy - which share a commitment to recognising that disability is not a property of the individual person, but something shaped by social relations and structures.The journal was established by the Nordic Network on Disability Research (NNDR), an association who actively facilitate the sharing and dissemination of social research on disability in the five Nordic countries.Read more about the journal here.

A Research Study on Satisfaction of Disabled Workers with their Jobs

The present study aims to create fundamental data usable in finding ways to provide satisfactory vocational rehabilitation service for the people with disabilities in the future by investigating in detail their actual situation at working places and their satisfaction with their current jobs. For this aim, a survey was conducted to 230 disabled persons who have been arranged by a welfare center in Jeollabuk-do province to get employed from 2006 to 2009 by questioning their personal characters, employment situation and job satisfaction. To determine the difference in their satisfaction with jobs depending on their general status and employment situation, SPSS 12.0 for Windows statistic program was used to carry out t-test and ANOVA.<BR> The findings of the study could be summarized as follows:<BR> The study found that the employed disabled people were generally satisfied with their jobs but their satisfaction with wage was lower than other area of satisfaction. Each area of satisfaction turned out to be highly c highly d with one another be nsequently, it seems that measures must be taken to improve satisfaction of the employed disabled persons with their jobs by, for instance, paying overall attention to the sectors related to their satisfaction with jobs. It seems particularly necessary to rectify the wage system to ensure proper payment for their performance.<BR> From this study, it was discovered, too, that there was difference in satisfaction of the disabled people with jobs depending on their personal characters and employment environment. It is therefore requested to make systematic approaches to widen the range of choice for disabled people to find jobs by developing more versatile job lists based on constant monitoring of their activities in consideration of their desires.<BR> Lastly, it is hoped to continue more active studies on the disabled people who are in the employment since, based on such studies, measures can be worked out to promote job rehabilitation and employment for disabled people and, moreover, detailed and practical systems may be introduced to increase their satisfaction with jobs.