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Supported Employment and the current labour market reality for people with disabilities in Argentina

Lic. Maria Paz Völker

Agents taking part in the labour inclusion process of persons with disabilities

Governments Persons with Disabilities Employers

LABOUR INCLUSION

Society Families Service provider institutions NGOs

Wat do National Statistics show?

25%  7.1% have a disability (*)  41% of them are of working age (18 to 60 years)

75%



75% persons with disabilities are unemployed

Data compiled by ENDI: National Disability Survey, 2002-2003 (*) According to 2010 National Census: PwD 12.9%

How has the global community influenced Argentina

 Argentina has adhered to the

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

and the optional Protocol

Ratified by Law 26.378

, 2008

Government initiatives

1. Creation of Persons with Disability Observatory.

2. Directorate for the Promotion of Employment of Workers with Disabilities 3. Laws and benefits that promote the hiring of persons with disabilities 4. Systems of guarantees of public employment for persons with disabilities

1. Persons with Disability Observatory

 Created in 2011 

Role

: to monitor the implementation and enforcement of the UN Convention  Functions within the

CONADIS

framework (National Council for the Integration of People with Disabilities)  Organized in Workgroups: GO + NGOs  Submits reports to the UN

2. Directorate for the Promotion of Workers with Disabilities –MTEySS

(*)

-



Objetive

Disabilities : to seek equal job opportunities for Workers with 

Since 2003

: Measures and

Programmes

inclusion for Workers with Disabilities.

that support job 

Since 2007

: Selective Employment Areas through Municipal Employment Agencies

Employment Service Network

(*) MTEySS: Department of Labour Employment and Social Security

Employment Service Network

-2005-

 Groups all Municipal Employment Agencies in the country and puts them in touch with the MTEySS 

Goal

: to ensure liaison between Individuals Employers with Disabilities & 2012: + 450 Municipal Employment Agencies in the country  Seeks to expand labour inclusion Programmes Nationwide

National Goverment Programmes - MTEySS-

 To Promote Equal Job Opportunities Res. SE 1365/12 Includes Groups in Vulnerable Social Situation  Special Programme for Training and Technical Assistance for Employment  Program of Labour Inclusion for People with Disabilities Offers attractive incentives to employers who hire Persons with Disabilities

 Programme of Job Training for Workers with Disabilities (for Public and Private Sector and non-profit organizations)  Programme of Financial Support to

Sheltered Workshops

 Programme of Labour Inclusion in the Sheltered and Open Labour Market, Law 25.730 (also called Cheque Law).

 Programme of Financial Support Workers with Disabilities for Microenterprises for

However none directly fund Supported Employment

Laws and benefits that promote the hiring of persons with disabilities

Law 22.431:

special tax deduction on income tax liability or on capital equal to 70% of the total wages of all persons with disabilities employed in the company.

Law 24013

: employers will be exempted from the payment of 50% of the Contributions to Social Services, for the period of 1 year.

Law 26.476

: Employers receive a reduction in their contributions to Social Security: - 1 st year payment of 50% of the contributions - 2 nd year payment of 75% of the contributions

Law 24.147

: Deduction of 50% in employer payroll tax contributions by hiring Sheltered Labour Groups

4. Systems of guarantees of public employment for persons with disabilities

Law 25.689

: Public Sector must include at least 4% of Persons with Disabilities in their staff and reserve jobs to be exclusively occupied by Persons with Disabilities.

Law 1.502

(Buenos Aires City): is obliged to employ a minimum of 5% of Persons with Disabilities in the Public Sector the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

How do Companies react?

 There has been a gradual change

for the better



Club of Committed Companies

Persons with Disabilities) (Committed to employ 

Corporate Social Responsability



Negative Acttitudes

: Doubts, queries, worries, etc hiring Persons with Disabilities

Where do these concerns stem from?

 Uncertainly due to the current economic climate  Legal matters & Discrimination  Prejudice, ignorance and so forth

The attitude of the employers changed after hiring a person with disability (*)

(*) reported by the National Council on Integration of PwD (2010)

10.5%

2005 Statistics

84.2%



84.2% Believe job inclusion in their Companies is possible

 10.5% Stated the opposite  5.3% Give no opinion 45.6% declared that they had taken steps to integrate PwD

What is the relationship between the Companies & SE

 Growing interest to avail themselves of the

Employment

Services

Supported

 Considered as a valuable tool to fulfil

Responsibility Corporate Social



Added value

to their corporate image  Argentine

Employment

Businesses are aware that

Supported

conforms with their quality standards and has worldwide recognition

Who are the other agents?



Persons with Disabilities

: Have adopted a critical role in standing up for their Rights to be fully integrated into society: Conferences, Seminars, etc.



Families

: - Head and/or support the demands of their relatives to enjoy their Rights - Apprehensive, fear they lose disability pension benefits 

Society

: - Inclusive Versuss Paternalistic/Social Stigma attached to Disability - Public awareness campaigns (Private & Public Sector- NGOs)



Service Provider Institutions:

- New organizations structure their services to offer SE - Others have to restructure their services to adopt SE 

NGOs

: - National & International - Safeguard the paramount righs of PwD to be fully integrated into society - Active participation in special programmes and policy implementation - Pioneers in using Supported Employment



Background Information

Current Status of SE

Late entry of SE in Argentina compared to others regions  Argentina is one of the pioneers in Latin American  Concentrated mainly in major cities Buenos Aires, etc.) (Córdoba, Mendoza,  NGOs took the first steps followed by private institutions and organizations



Public organizations

: currently more committed to labour inclusion but don ´t especially use

SE Methodology

Some SE guidelines observed (eg: Employment Service Network) 

SE Focus

: Persons with Disabilities, especially Intellectual Disabilities.

 No existing records of

Supported Employment

Vulnerable Social Situation in Groups in

1. How is Supported Employment financed?

 Through goverment programmes and iniciatives aimed at PwD in general wich could work in favour of Supported Employment  Business Sector Donations  Internal institutional administration  Employers cover costs  Special programmes funded by private organizations and NGOs (both Nacional & International)

2. What ´s the difference between SE & ShE

• Lacks legal framework

ShE

• Regulated by Law 26.816

"Federal Regime of Sheltered Workshops for Persons with Disabilities", 2013 • Lacks specific government programmes aimed at SE • Special governments programmes to fund ShE Programmes disabled aimed population general could benefit SE at in

SE ShE

• Major drawback: Lacks direct & regular funding • Workers in the open labour market usually

forfeit the access

to the retirement and pension system • Lacks a National Association • To guarantees PwD Legal & Moral Rights to work as regular citizen • Direct funding.

• Workers of sheltered workshop

have access

to the retirements and pensions system • Grouped through FETAP (*) • Workers not integrated with society (*) (Federation of Sheltered Workshops)

SE: Challenges ahead

 To strengthen

public polices that directly benefit

SE  To press for the development and implementation of

more polices and legislation

that encourage labour inclusion through SE.

 To guarantee direct and regular funding for

 To

intensify controls

to make sure existing laws and initiatives are observed  To ensure all SE Processes achieve

High Quality Standard

 To

review

and overhaul the

retirements and pensions systems

related to Persons with Disabilities.

 To form a

National Association

of SE  To

heighten awareness

in businesses and society in general, and

inform

them  To

Educate the families

about the benefits of inclusion in the open labour market through Supported Employment  To set up and supervise programmes for job coaches and providers of SE Services

 To foster up cooperation with academic organizations in the research and promotion of Supported Employment  Compilation of a data base with information regarding Supported Employment variables

Our fundamental aim is the advancement and efficient use of Supported Employment throughout the country