Equal Rights and Equal Duties? Activating Labour Market Policy and the Participation of Long-term Unemployed People with Disabilities after the Reform of the German Welfare State

2009 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANGELA RAUCH ◽  
JOHANNA DORNETTE
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Complex Situation ◽  
Unemployed People ◽  
Labour Market Integration ◽  
Social Code

AbstractThe recent German welfare state reform with the introduction of Social Code II has created a complex situation for the labour market integration of long-term unemployed people with disabilities. A range of social laws with differing underlying principles is now applicable. In this article, we examine the effects that the implementation of this social code has on long-term unemployed people with disabilities. We show that their integration patterns changed. This is due to the building of new institutions responsible for labour market integration, followed by a temporary destabilisation of work routines at the operational level. Additionally, more persistent consequences occur because the inconsistencies of the relevant laws are creating an area of conflict, which is increasing the risk of marginalising people with disabilities in terms of labour market integration.

The role of social enterprises in facilitating labour market integration for people with disabilities: A convenient deflection from policy mainstreaming?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
CHERYL HIU-KWAN CHUI ◽  
CHEE HON CHAN ◽  
YANTO CHANDRA
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Labour Market Integration ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Primary Means ◽  
Work Integration ◽  
Disability Employment

Abstract Policymakers have increasingly embraced social enterprises as a vehicle to create job opportunities for the disadvantaged. However, there is limited research on social enterprises in the context of disability in relation to labour market integration. Drawing on the perspectives of representatives of work integration social enterprises and people with disabilities employed in these enterprises (n=21), this study examines whether and how work integration social enterprises promote inclusion for people with disabilities, and also explores the role of WISEs in enabling people with disabilities to transition into open employment. Thematic analysis revealed three key emergent themes: Cocooned inclusion but not transition; Reinforced normative demarcation; and WISEs as a deflection from institutionalizing proactive disability policy measures. This article argues that, although WISEs were able to provide job opportunities for people with disabilities, their purported function in enabling disabled people to transition into open employment remains constrained by factors beyond their control including prevailing norms and the absence of proactive disability employment measures. This article cautions against the over-romanticisation of WISEs as the primary means to ensure the rights of people with disabilities to participate in the labour market. Implications on disability employment policies in relation to social enterprises are discussed.

The limitations of activation policies: unemployment at the end of working life

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 977-1002 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTINA WUEBBEKE
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Unemployment Benefit ◽  
Unemployed People ◽  
Gainful Employment ◽  
Employment Agency ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
The One

ABSTRACTIn several European countries, older unemployed people, after reaching a certain age, are entitled to unemployment benefit payments without having to seek new employment. The coexistence of this exemption clause and of reforms aimed at containing early retirement in the respective countries reflects a conflict of political aims – on the one hand, between an efficient labour-market policy at a time of high unemployment, and on the other hand, the goal of the comprehensive activation and labour-market integration of older workers as a response to demographic change. This paper deals with the reasons for the transfer of older long-term unemployed people on to ‘facilitated benefits’ for labour-market withdrawal in Germany. The empirical analysis shows that low or no propensity to work was rarely the motive for leaving the labour market; in particular, those anticipating a low retirement income actually wanted to be re-employed. The vast majority gave three reasons for the decision to retire: an inability to cope with requirements of available jobs; a lack of job opportunities; and an absence of proper support from the public employment agency. Thus the withdrawal of older long-term unemployed people into pre-retirement cannot be attributed to a utility-maximising decision in favour of leisure and against gainful employment, but is the primary result of the scarce re-employment prospects.

Wahl- und Handlungsmöglichkeiten psychisch kranker Menschen im SGB II

2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Kupka ◽  
Frank Oschmiansky ◽  
Sandra Popp
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Mental Disease ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Labour Market Integration ◽  
The Social ◽  
Counselling Process ◽  
Social Code

AbstractThe article examines the job centres’ role in promoting autonomy of benefit recipients with a mental disease under the Social Code II. Restricting factors are little knowledge of mental illnesses, lack of support for labour market integration and a hierarchic communication with placement officers. However, a trustful relationship with case workers and allowing clients to take an active role in the counselling process supports the notion of autonomy.

Arbeitsmarktintegration von Langzeitarbeitslosen: Organisationsbezogenes Arbeitsvermögen als Faktor für Beschäftigungsfähigkeit / Labour market integration of long-term unemployed: Organisation-related labour capacity as a factor in employability

Arbeit ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra Schütt ◽  
Tobias Ritter ◽  
Sabine Pfeiffer ◽  
Andreas Hirseland ◽  
Anne Hacket
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Labour Market Integration ◽  
Betriebliche Praxis

AbstractIm Zentrum aktivierender Arbeitsmarktpolitik steht die Erhöhung der Beschäftigungsfähigkeit von Arbeitslosen als Schlüssel einer erfolgreichen Arbeitsmarktintegration. Mit dem Konzept des organisationsbezogenen Arbeitsvermögens schlagen wir eine Erweiterung der bisherigen Konzeption von Beschäftigungsfähigkeit vor. Das Konzept richtet den Fokus auf den subjektiven Bezug der Individuen auf die betriebliche Praxis und ermöglicht eine differenziertere Einschätzung, wie und warum eine Arbeitsmarktintegration gelingen kann und wie Maßnahmen im Hinblick auf die organisationale Ebene wirken. Die Ergebnisse basieren auf einem qualitativen Panel mit Langzeitarbeitslosen.

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