Zaměstnávání handicapovaných
                            Employment of individuals with disabilities

                                          © natrium, 2008





                                Czech union for supported employment



Unemployment:



—  Unemployed citizens with visual impairment – cca 70 %



—  General unemployment rate – cca 6 %



—  10 % of the Czech population are Individuals with disabilities   - cca 1  mil.



                            Employment for individual with a disability



—  Individuals with a disabilities  are specially protected on the labor market

                                Legal prohibition of discrimination

—  Emphasize the necessity of supporting broader integration and participation for the people
with a disabilities in all aspects of social life including labor market and education



—  Severely disabled people are currently loosing their jobs ->

    The current situation – decreasing financial support for companies by 25 percent

    Highly criticised by the association of employers of people with disabilities.

—  The employer may receive up to 360EUR a month for one person with a disability and for the
others maximum of 260EUR monthly. The support is received from the government by companies, which
have more than one half of their whole employees with a disability.



                                   Clinician-rating health state



—  The fact who is and who is not disabled is decided by the clinician of the Bureau of Labor

                                      Benefits for employers: 

—  Social and moral prestige

—  Tax allowance

—  Financial support from Bureau of Labor

—  Fill the quota for employing individuals with a disability

                                  The Employment Act   nr.435/2004



—  Every employer with more than 25 workers should:



  —  employ people with a disability (4%)

  —  Buy services or products from the companies which employ more than 50% of people with
  disabilities

  —  Pay a fine to the state budget – called  alternative  filling

    —  2,5 times the average monthly gross wage, which exceeds  799EUR.

    

—  The fines go directly to the state budged, not to support individuals with special needs

  

  

                                  Employers  have  statutory duty

  

  •      To advertise  - this is the place where we have a places for individuals with a disability

  •      Inform the public and state administration

  •      Spread information

  •      Cooperate with Bureau of labor

  •      Register of employees with a disability

  •      Register work places 

—  If the duty of employment of individuals with disabilities (minimal 4% of all workers) is
not fulfilled by an employer, the Bureau of labor orders a duty of paying the fine in accordance
with special prescript

—  For every non employed person with disability to pay 2.5  multiple of month gross wage,
which omust exceed 799EUR

—  The decision to pay the fine instead of employing a person must be announced to the Bureau
of labor

                                      Employers have rights to

—  Requesting the Bureau of labor for

  —  Information and advices  (help)

  —  participation

  —  cooperation

  

  

  

  



                                        Addition information



—  Employers, who are organizational parts of the Czech Republic government or are managed by
the state cannot chose to pay the fine as an alternative to not employing a person with a disability

—  Exaction of the fines is provided by the local government

—  Average monthly gross wage in the Czech Republic is  aproximately 868EUR (III.2007)

                               Other provisions of the Emplyment act 



—  Special benefits are provided for the following:



  —  Sheltered Workshops or

  —  Sheltered Work Places

  —  Retraining courses

  

  

  

  

  —  Any discrimination is strictly prohibited