PROGRAMME OF IASI MEETINGfor LDV partnership L@JOST PROJECT8 March 2014IASI, ROMANIA

Social and workplace/insertion of disabled

persons Lecturer PhD Oana Lăcrămioara BĂDĂRĂU

“Petre Andrei” University of IasiFaculty of Social Work and Sociology

Content of presentation

Highlights of legislation on promoting the rights of persons with disabilities

Disability: statistics in Romania

Factors influencing the employment of people with disabilities in Romania

Recommendations for the inclusion of people with disabilities in the labor market

Highlights of legislation on promoting the rights of persons with disabilities

Law no 448/2006 on the protection and promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities

National Strategy regarding social inclusion of people with disabilities 2014 - 2020

Law no 448/2006 on the protection and promotion of disabled persons

The law is very complex, including provisions on:

the rights of persons with disabilities; social services and benefits; accessibility for disabled persons to the physical environment,

information and communications, orientation, training, employment and employment of people with

disabilities; classification in grade of disability; partnerships the financing of the protection of persons with disabilities etc. Any employer, whether public or private, but with more than 50

employees - is obliged to engage 4% people with disabilities

National Strategy regarding social inclusion of people with disabilities 2014 - 2020

Provides eight strategic directions for action accessibility for physical environment participation (development of alternative support for independent living

and community integration) equality (exercise of rights and freedoms by persons with disabilities) employment (increase the number of people employed) education and training social protection (development of personal assistance services) health (improving access to health services and facilities) external action (protection and safety of persons in natural

disasters)

Disability: statistics in Romania

According to statistics provided by the Directorate Protection of Persons with

Disabilities on 31 March 2012:

the number of people with disabilities in Romania was 687 596, of which 60 353 (8.8%) children and 627 243 adults (91.2%)

32% (over 200,000 people) of romanian adults with disabilities had a severe

disability, and over 57% (357 500) have a pronounced disability.

Employment of persons with disabilities

By 2002, the employment rate of disabled people has never been analyzed in Romania.

The number of disabled people employed is slightly increasing (28.756 in December 2012, 27. 861 in December 2011, 27.420 in 2010 and 28.826 in

2009)

In the first quarter of 2012, only 27.000 people with disabilities were employed, representing less than 4% of all people with disabilities in Romania.

View of disability on employment (Drăghici, 2008)

Employment depends on many factors:

the availability or knowledge of the employer the specific company preparing the person with a disability the nature of the disability

Factors influencing the employment of people with disabilities in Romania

(Academic Society of Romania, 2009)

The main factor influencing the employment of disabled people is education

Conditioning granting social benefits of working capacity

About 61% of people with disabilities who have a job are employed by private companies, 31% of public or state owned companies

Psychological factors and stereotypes that prevent employers to hire people with disabilities

People with disabilities achieve their tasks at a lower level than other employees

We are afraid to hire people with disabilities for safety reasons

Employees with disabilities will have problems / disputes with colleagues or bosses

People with disabilities are not sufficiently qualified Employees with disabilities will need to adapt workplace Employees with disabilities will need specific training

supervision reports etc.

Recommendations for the inclusion of

people with disabilities in the labor market creating a social network support and post-employment services

for people with disabilities

adapt training programs to the needs of people with disabilities and labor market requirements;

improving communication with employers

simplify granting tax incentives for organizations employing persons with disabilities