Living conditions and quality of life
Abstract
In diesem Bericht werden die politischen Entwicklungen in den EU-Mitgliedstaaten zur Förderung der Eingliederung von Menschen mit Behinderungen in den offenen Arbeitsmarkt unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der drei Phasen – Eintritt ins Erwerbsleben, Verbleib auf dem Arbeitsmarkt und Rückkehr an den Arbeitsplatz nach Abwesenheit – näher beleuchtet. Untersucht werden die Mechanismen und die Wirksamkeit von mehr als 150 verschiedenen politischen Maßnahmen, die sich mit den Dimensionen befassen, die vor Ausbruch der COVID-19-Pandemie in der EU bereits vorhanden waren: Schaffung von Arbeitsplätzen, Arbeitskräfteangebot, Arbeitskräftenachfrage und kontextuelle Faktoren. Darüber hinaus wird eine aktualisierte Analyse von politischen Maßnahmen zur Unterstützung der Arbeitsmarktsituation von Menschen mit Behinderungen, die frühzeitig im Zuge der Pandemie eingeleitet worden waren, vorgelegt. Die Untersuchung wird ergänzt durch eine Länderfallstudie zu Irland, in der die Vielschichtigkeit von Behinderungen und Fördersystemen aus einer umfassenden Perspektive betrachtet beschrieben wird. Der Bericht basiert auf den gewonnenen Erkenntnissen und gibt Empfehlungen für die Politik zur Verbesserung der Eingliederung von Menschen mit Behinderungen in den offenen Arbeitsmarkt.
Key findings
Despite recent progress, labour market participation remains a challenge for people with disabilities - a fact compounded by COVID-19. A variety of obstacles – ranging from disability-related stereotypes to a lack of a strategic vision in governance – make employment in the open labour market more difficult for people with disabilities.
Responses to protect people with disabilities against job loss during the pandemic have often been limited. To ensure that they are not left behind in the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, appropriate financial resources are needed to enable disability-inclusive solutions.
Labour market support measures must take account of disability and tailor policy responses to support the inclusion of people with disabilities in employment. All actors – governments, employers and NGOs representing the voices of people with disabilities – play an important role in the provision of support.
More high-quality data, broken down by disability type and comparable across the EU, are necessary to ensure the effective integration of people with disabilities into the labour market. Measures to support people with disabilities must also be systematically evaluated and the results fed back into policymaking.
While supporting and promoting the labour market participation of people with disabilities is crucial, adequate and inclusive social protection mechanisms also need to be put in place to ensure support is available for all people with disabilities, irrespective of their employment status.
The report contains the following list of tables and figures.
List of tables
- Table 1: Employment, poverty and social exclusion issues for people with disabilities, as reported in the 2020 European Semester country reports
- Table 2: Perceived role of different actors in EU Member States regarding the integration of people with disabilities into the open labour market
- Table 3: Distribution of policies by country and cluster, EU27 and the UK
- Table 4: Overview of quota systems in EU Member States
List of figures
- Figure 1: EU policies and initiatives
- Figure 2: Policy measures by key type
- Figure 3: Measures by key beneficiaries
- Figure 4: Measures assessed/evaluated by presence or absence of support from EU funds
- Figure 5: Number of policy measures identified supporting job creation by country
- Figure 6: Mechanisms, outcomes and effectiveness of incentives for employers
- Figure 7: Mechanisms, outcomes and effectiveness of quota systems
- Figure 8: Mechanisms, outcomes and effectiveness of entrepreneurship support
- Figure 9: Mechanisms, outcomes and effectiveness of social enterprises
- Figure 10: Mechanisms, outcomes and effectiveness of public procurement and public works
- Figure 11: Number of policy measures identified supporting employees and jobseekers by country
- Figure 12: Mechanisms, outcomes and effectiveness of all-encompassing and individual support
- Figure 13: Mechanisms, outcomes and effectiveness of guidance and counselling
- Figure 14: Mechanisms, outcomes and effectiveness of skills enhancement and assessment and transition from education
- Figure 15: Mechanisms, outcomes and effectiveness of vocational rehabilitation
- Figure 16: Number of policy measures identified supporting the employing organisation by country
- Figure 17: Mechanisms, outcomes and effectiveness of workplace adaptations and assistance
- Figure 18: Mechanisms, outcomes and effectiveness of retention support and awareness-raising
- Figure 19: Number of policy measures supporting the institutional environment by country
- Figure 20: Mechanisms, outcomes and effectiveness of legal instruments
- Figure 21: Mechanisms, outcomes and effectiveness of intermediation between demand and supply: matching services and placements
- Figure 22: Mechanisms, outcomes and effectiveness of capacity building
- Number of pages
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86
- Reference nº
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EF20013
- ISBN
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978-92-897-2168-4
- Catalogue nº
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TJ-02-21-332-EN-N
- DOI
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10.2806/143896
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Cite this publication
Eurofound (2021), Disability and labour market integration: Policy trends and support in EU Member States, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.