People with Disabilities, Where Do They Work... 45% Request Employment Placement, Ranked 1st

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission Analyzes 945 Complaints from 2017 to October 2019

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] It has been revealed that there are few jobs for people with disabilities and that job placement is not being properly facilitated. The lack of diversity in the types of jobs available for people with disabilities was identified as the most serious issue.

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) suggested on the 26th that customized job policies considering the characteristics of disabilities are needed, from job preparation to working conditions.

According to the ACRC’s analysis of 945 complaints related to jobs for people with disabilities collected in the civil complaint information analysis system from 2017 to October last year, complaints requesting "job expansion and employment placement" accounted for the largest portion at 44.8%.

Following that were complaints related to the government-supported project "Jobs for People with Disabilities" (26.2%), "Vocational training for people with disabilities" (15.6%), and "Improvement of working conditions for disabled workers" (13.4%).

Complaints related to job expansion and employment placement included demands for diversification and expansion of jobs for people with disabilities due to difficulties in job seeking, accounting for 72.5% (307 cases).

The most common content was the desire to participate in projects related to the Jobs for People with Disabilities program (41.5%). Requests to be converted to regular employment after the participation period ended or to have experience recognized when selecting regular employees accounted for 21%.

Complaints about vocational training for people with disabilities mostly involved demands for the expansion and improvement of vocational training, such as easing facility standards and establishing facility standards considering the characteristics of disabilities (37%).

Among the working conditions of disabled workers, workplace difficulties such as wage and task discrimination between disabled and non-disabled workers accounted for a large portion (39.8%).

Kwon Seok-won, Director of the Policy Improvement Bureau at the ACRC, said, "While expanding jobs for people with disabilities is important, it is also necessary to improve the qualifications of vocational training staff and teachers for people with disabilities and to eliminate discrimination during hiring. Social awareness improvement should accompany these efforts so that a culture of working together with people with disabilities can be established throughout society."

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