EmploymentEmploymentoof People with f People with DDisabilitiesisabilities

in Polandin Poland

POLISH FEDERATIONPOLISH FEDERATION of of OORGANISATIONSRGANISATIONS

of PERSONSof PERSONS with PHYSICAL with PHYSICAL DISABILITYDISABILITY

  (OFOONR)(OFOONR)www.ofoonr.lublin.plwww.ofoonr.lublin.pl

Labour CodeLabour Code

Act on Promotions of Act on Promotions of EmploymentEmployment

Act on Vocational and Social Act on Vocational and Social Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Employment of Persons with DisabilitiesDisabilities

QQuota systemuota system

6%6%State Fund for State Fund for RehabilitationRehabilitation

of Disabled Peopleof Disabled People(PFRON)(PFRON)

Employees with Employees with disabilitiesdisabilities

• specific rights concerning working hoursspecific rights concerning working hours • 10 days of vacation time more10 days of vacation time more

Employers Employers • resources for workplace adaptationresources for workplace adaptation • diminished cost of social insurance feesdiminished cost of social insurance fees• monthly reimbursement for the remuneration of an monthly reimbursement for the remuneration of an

employee with disabilitiesemployee with disabilities

SSheltered labour marketheltered labour market

sheltered enterprisessheltered enterprises – – at least at least 40% of employees with disabilities40% of employees with disabilities

occupational activity occupational activity enterprisesenterprises – at least 70% of all – at least 70% of all employees are people with employees are people with significant disabilities significant disabilities

Recent changes in Recent changes in lawlawminimizing of the difference between minimizing of the difference between

the benefits for the owner of sheltered the benefits for the owner of sheltered enterprises and the employers from the enterprises and the employers from the open labour market;open labour market;

level of financing depends on the degree level of financing depends on the degree of disability;of disability;

reimbursement of the costs of reimbursement of the costs of employing someone to assist an employing someone to assist an employee with disabilities at work;employee with disabilities at work;

people with disabilities, registered in people with disabilities, registered in county labour offices as job-seekers, can county labour offices as job-seekers, can make use of some labour market make use of some labour market instruments and programmes so far instruments and programmes so far reserved only for registered as reserved only for registered as unemployed unemployed

National Employment National Employment StrategyStrategy

2007-20132007-2013 developing incentives for developing incentives for

employers to hire people with employers to hire people with disabilitiesdisabilities

facilitation of self-employmentfacilitation of self-employment promotion of new forms of promotion of new forms of

employment (for example e-work)employment (for example e-work) implementation of individual implementation of individual

activation plansactivation plans

MMedia campaigns edia campaigns

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NNew form of self-ew form of self-employmentemployment

– – social cooperativesocial cooperativess

Thank you for your Thank you for your attention!attention!

Malgorzata Koter-MorgowskaMalgorzata Koter-Morgowska

POLISH FEDERATIONPOLISH FEDERATION of of OORGANISATIONS of PERSONSRGANISATIONS of PERSONS with with

PHYSICAL DISABILITYPHYSICAL DISABILITY  (OFOONR)(OFOONR)www.ofoonr.lublin.plwww.ofoonr.lublin.pl