scholarly journals Disability management in the workplace: Problems and trends in Latvia

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 03010
Author(s):  
Zaiga Oborenko ◽  
Marga Zivitere ◽  
Elina Konstantinova
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Disability Management ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Employment Rate ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Slow Movement ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
State Institutions

People with disabilities are a largely untapped employment resource in many countries. About 48.5% of people with disabilities are employed in the European Union (EU), compared with only 24.4% in Latvia. Although there has been some progress on employing disabled people in Latvia, as the statistical facts and figures show, the problem still remains. This paper investigates how developing disability management in the workplace could open the possibilities for work for people with disabilities. It can be matched with the opportunities to increase the employment rate according to the European Disability Strategy (2010–2020) objectives, as well as fighting against social exclusion and allowing practical implementation of the United Convention on the rights of this group of people in Latvia. The aim of this research is to analyse the employment problems for people with disabilities and investigate disability management trends in Latvia. The main findings of this research are as follows: 1) people with disabilities are not considered as a prospective labour force by employers, 2) Latvian companies generally play a passive role in recruiting disabled people, especially those who have never had work experience with disabled people, 3) employers think that they do not receive state institutions’ interest and support to encourage them to employ people with disabilities. The disability management is developing, although it shows quite slow movement in understanding people with disabilities as a valuable human resource.

scholarly journals Az esélyegyenlőség és a fogyatékkal élők helyzetének területi különbségei Magyarországon

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 39-43
Author(s):  
Szabolcs Fabula
Keyword(s):  
Regional Scale ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Great Plain ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Marginal Groups ◽  
Short Summary ◽  
The People ◽  
Spatial Differences

People with disabilities is one of the most marginal groups in today's society so ensur-ing their rights and needs is a great challenge for policy makers and planners. This paper reviews the most important agreements and laws about disability in the European Union and Hungary, as well as the New Hungary Development Plan. Later the paper also reveals the spatial differences of the people with disabilities in Hungary on the regional scale and presents relationship between the state of development and the ratio of disabled people. In comparing the data of the country and the South Great Plain the charasteristics of the dis-abled population in age, qualification and employment are also highlighted. Finally there is a short summary of the accessible and non-accessible public buildings in Békés County and Békéscsaba.

Older employees in Europe between ‘work line’ and early retirement

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 575-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerhard Bosch ◽  
Sebastian Schief
Keyword(s):  
Early Retirement ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Employment Rate ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Older Employees ◽  
Employment Rates ◽  
The Eu

The European Union has set ambitious aims concernin the employment of older persons. In March 2001 the Stockholm European Council agreed on the aim of increasing the employment rate of the EU population aged 55–64 to 50%. This article uses data from the European Labour Force Survey 2006 to analyse the employment rates of this age group in the EU-15. In most EU countries only highly qualified men aged 55–64 have an employment rate over 50%. The low skilled and women in particular are rarely employed over 55 years of age. The authors conclude that ending early retirement policies is not sufficient to increase their employment rates. Drawing lessons from the EU countries with the highest employment rates for older employees (Sweden and Denmark) they identify five major additional areas of action.

Official and unofficial employment of visually impaired people (on the example of Khabarovsk)

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-34
Author(s):  
Anton Aleksandrovich Trinadtsatko
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Great Majority ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
The Disabled

The object of this research is visually impaired people as an invariant of disabled people of discredited stigmatype. The subject of this research is the employment of visually impaired people of working age, members of the Khabarovsk local organization of All-Russia Association of the Blind (VOS). The goal of this work is determine the level of official and unofficial employment of visually impaired people and the factors affecting it. The author notes that despite positive changes taking place in the Institution of employment assistance for people with disabilities, the representatives of nosology of the disabled people with discredited stigmatype are still being discriminated in the job market, finding jobs in their close social circle or working in places that are not adjusted to their needs. It is established that visually impaired people are actively engaged into the sphere of social and labor relations, the great majority of them have work experience in the status of a visually impaired person in jobs that are not adjusted to their specificities. People with disabilities more often are employed officially. Social and labor integration of people with health limitations first and foremost depends on their level of education, qualifications and work experience, as well as on the age of being registered as a disabled person. The key motive for employment is the need for broadening social interactions. The novelty of this work consist in revealing the structure of official and unofficial employment of visually impaired people in accordance with disability groups, age, level of education, and other characteristics, as well as in outlining the factors, conditions, and motives that affect the their employment status, and obstacles for their promotion. The scientific relevance of the acquired results consists in expansion and specification of a range of issues that require closer joint attention of the members of the project, academic, and practice-oriented communities, as well as in highlighting the key aspects of employment assistance for people with disabilities of discredited stigmatype.

scholarly journals SELF-GENERATED ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AS A FORM OF EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 131-137
Author(s):  
Paulina Stolarczyk
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
State Of Health ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Negative Factors

The article presents the factors that limit starting one’s own business. Self-employment is one way to integrate disabled people into the labour market and to utilize resources from the labour force of disabled people. The results are obtained on the basis of a study conducted by the author in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship among people with disabilities. The conducted research shows that self-employment is not willingly chosen by people with disabilities. People with disabilities see many negative factors (reasons) that make it difficult to set up and run their own businesses. Their state of health and a lack of resources are the main hindrances to starting a business. The tools/instruments used by the state to facilitate self-employment are also indicated. Through self-employment people with disabilities create a workplace (position) for themselves and decide to enter or return to the labour market. Bureacratic support and appropriate motivation to take up professional activity is also very important as it reduces the number of those who remain unemployed.

scholarly journals Cross-border mobility in European countries: associations between cross-border worker status and health outcomes

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas Nonnenmacher ◽  
Michèle Baumann ◽  
Etienne le Bihan ◽  
Philippe Askenazy ◽  
Louis Chauvel
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Reference Group ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
High Risk Population ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Health Index ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Border

Abstract Background Mobility of workers living in one country and working in a different country has increased in the European Union. Exposed to commuting factors, cross-border workers (CBWs) constitute a potential high-risk population. But the relationships between health and commuting abroad are under-documented. Our aims were to: (1) measure the prevalence of the perceived health status and the physical health outcomes (activity limitation, chronic diseases, disability and no leisure activities), (2) analyse their associations with commuting status as well as (3) with income and health index among CBWs. Methods Based on the ‘Enquête Emploi’, the French cross-sectional survey segment of the European Labour Force Survey (EU LFS), the population was composed of 2,546,802 workers. Inclusion criteria for the samples were aged between 20 and 60 years and living in the French cross-border departments of Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg. The Health Index is an additional measure obtained with five health variables. A logistic model was used to estimate the odds ratios of each group of CBWs, taking non-cross border workers (NCBWs) as the reference group, controlling by demographic background and labour status variables. Results A sample of 22,828 observations (2456 CBWs vs. 20,372 NCBWs) was retained. The CBW status is negatively associated with chronic diseases and disability. A marginal improvement of the health index is correlated with a wage premium for both NCBWs and CBWs. Commuters to Luxembourg have the best health outcomes, whereas commuters to Germany the worst. Conclusion CBWs are healthier and have more income. Interpretations suggest (1) a healthy cross-border phenomenon steming from a social selection and a positive association between income and the health index is confirmed; (2) the existence of major health disparities among CBWs; and (3) the rejection of the spillover phenomenon assumption for CBWs. The newly founded European Labour Authority (ELA) should take into account health policies as a promising way to support the cross-border mobility within the European Union.

scholarly journals Age-training gaps in the European Union

2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
FIONA CARMICHAEL ◽  
MARCO G. ERCOLANI
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Older People ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
And Training ◽  
Normal Work ◽  
The Eu

ABSTRACTThis paper examines the relationship between age and training in the 15 European Union countries (EU-15) that were member states prior to the 2004 enlargement. The analysis is carried out using European Union Labour Force Survey data. We report cross-country comparisons of the training undertaken by older people (aged 50–64) and younger people (aged 20–49). We extend previous research by adding an analysis of the training undertaken by non-workers as well as that of workers. We also consider whether training is work-related, whether it is undertaken during normal work-hours and the time spent in training. Our results show that across the EU-15 not only are older people less likely to participate in training in general but, more importantly, they are less likely to participate in work-related training. Our evidence suggests that there is considerable scope for raising the training rates of older people and particularly older people who are out of work.

scholarly journals The Labour Market Participation of Immigrant Women : A Study on Immigrant Women in the Flemingdon Park Area

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sew Ming Tian
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Park Area ◽  
And Gender

Through face-to-face interviews with seven immigrant women living in the Flemingdon Park area, this paper explores the barriers that immigrant women encounter in accessing the labour market, and the challenges they face in the labour market. The findings suggest that lack of work experience, language barriers, absence of networks, lack of education, and family responsibilities and gender roles are major barriers that immigrant women have to cope with while accessing the Canadian labour market. Working environment and underemployment appeared to be the challenges that immigrant women who are, or have been in the labour force, had to deal with in the work place.

scholarly journals Organização do acesso e permanência das pessoas com deficiência no ensino superior a partir da instauração do Programa Incluir

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (esp. 2) ◽  
pp. 1137-1164
Author(s):  
Patricia Tanganelli Lara ◽  
Eladio Sebastián-Heredero
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Institutional Policies ◽  
Teacher Formation ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Master's Thesis ◽  
Methodological Procedures

The Incluir Program influenced institutional policies for the implementation of accessibility actions for people with disabilities in higher education, in all Brazilian states. With financial support from the MEC, Brazilian universities created and/or restructured diversity support units in Federal Institutions of Higher Education and State Institutions of Higher Education. Thus, the objective of this work is to analyze how the current situation is, from the productions of theses and master's thesis, since their publication, to understand how these Higher Education institutions have organized to support the entry and permanence of people with disabilities after this financial contribution and the publications of the inclusion public policies in Brazil. The methodological procedures of this research are qualitative and bibliographic in nature, using content analysis. The results of this investigated period revealed progress in the implementation of public policies, after 2005, with the creation of diversity support units and resources for the inclusion of young people and adults with disabilities, it was also possible to identify the need for teacher formation and for professionals working in these institutions to eliminate the attitudinal and communication barriers located in many higher education institutions.

scholarly journals The forgotten labour force: Characteristics and trends for older female part-time workers in Ireland

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-60
Author(s):  
Maeve O’Sullivan ◽  
Christine Cross ◽  
Jonathan Lavelle
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Female Labour ◽  
Female Workers ◽  
Female Part ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Key Variables ◽  
First Time ◽  
Force Characteristics

AbstractChanging labour markets, educational attainment, work experience, constraints and preferences have all been proposed to explain the features of contemporary female labour force participation. This engagement has been characterised as part-time and segregated in low status, poorly paid jobs. Despite the fact that almost half of all older female workers are employed part-time, there is a dearth of information on who these workers are (the forgotten labour force) and what, if anything has changed over time for this cohort. For the first time, key variables are drawn from three labour force datasets over a 16-year period to provide a likely profile of the older female part-time worker, highlight where they work and in what capacity, as well as shedding light on what has changed over this period. This trend analysis highlights significant changes for this worker cohort, the implications of which are discussed from individual, organisational and societal perspectives.

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