Employment of People with Disabilities in Poland POLISH

Employment of People with Disabilities in Poland POLISH FEDERATION of ORGANISATIONS of PERSONS with PHYSICAL DISABILITY (OFOONR) www. ofoonr. lublin. pl

Ø Labour Code Ø Act on Promotions of Employment Ø Act on Vocational and Social Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities

Quota system 6% State Fund for Rehabilitation of Disabled People (PFRON)

Employees with disabilities • specific rights concerning working hours • 10 days of vacation time more Employers • • • resources for workplace adaptation diminished cost of social insurance fees monthly reimbursement for the remuneration of an employee with disabilities

Sheltered labour market Ø sheltered enterprises – at least 40% of employees with disabilities Ø occupational activity enterprises – at least 70% of all employees are people with significant disabilities

Recent changes in law ü minimizing of the difference between the benefits for the owner of sheltered enterprises and the employers from the open labour market; ü level of financing depends on the degree of disability; ü reimbursement of the costs of employing someone to assist an employee with disabilities at work; ü people with disabilities, registered in county labour offices as job-seekers, can make use of some labour market instruments and programmes so far reserved only for registered as unemployed

National Employment Strategy 2007 -2013 § developing incentives for employers to hire people with disabilities 1. facilitation of self-employment 2. promotion of new forms of employment (for example e-work) 3. implementation of individual activation plans

Media campaigns http: //www. sprawnizawodowo. pl/index. php? p=23

New form of self-employment – social cooperatives

Thank you for your attention! Malgorzata Koter-Morgowska POLISH FEDERATION of ORGANISATIONS of PERSONS with PHYSICAL DISABILITY (OFOONR) www. ofoonr. lublin. pl