Labor Market Integration of People with Disabilities According to Polish and Greek Legislation

• Authors: Dorota Kobus-Ostrowska , Doxa Papakonstantinou

Title variants

Osoba z niepełnosprawnością w kontekście prawodawstwa w Polsce i Grecji

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper presents the types of support available to employers who employ individuals with disabilities, as well as opportunities for the disabled to enter the labor market, start a business, and keep it running. The text is enriched with information about the labor rights of people with disabilities. A thorough examination of the legislation in force in Poland and Greece led us to numerous and interesting conclusions. Despite many seemingly attractive forms of support available to employers and people with disabilities, we note that the labor participation rate of people with disabilities is still much lower in Poland and Greece than in many other European countries. What is the main barrier to the activation of people with disabilities? Although the answer to this question is certainly multi-threaded, it seems justifiable to claim that the complexity of the legislation, a number of stipulations in the area of public aid, and possible new adverse amendments to labor laws effectively discourage employers from creating jobs for people with disabilities and they discourage people with disabilities from being economically activated.

PL

W artykule przedstawiono rodzaje wsparcia dostępne dla pracodawców zatrudniających osoby niepełnosprawne, a także możliwości wejścia na rynek pracy, założenia firmy i utrzymania jej. Tekst został wzbogacony o porównanie praw pracowniczych osób niepełnosprawnych w analizowanych krajach. Dokładne zbadanie ustawodawstwa obowiązującego w Polsce i Grecji doprowadziło nas do licznych i interesujących wniosków. I tak, pomimo wielu pozornie atrakcyjnych form wsparcia dla pracodawców i osób niepełnosprawnych dostępnych, wciąż zauważamy, że wskaźnik aktywności zawodowej osób niepełnosprawnych jest znacznie niższy w Polsce i Grecji niż w wielu innych krajach europejskich. Jaka jest główna bariera dla aktywizacji osób niepełnosprawnych? “Chociaż odpowiedź na to pytanie jest z pewnością wielowątkowa, wydaje się uzasadnione twierdzenie, że złożoność prawodawstwa, szereg postanowień w dziedzinie pomocy publicznej i ewentualne nowe niekorzystne zmiany w prawie pracy skutecznie zniechęcają pracodawców do tworzenia miejsc pracy dla ludzi z niepełnosprawnościami.

Keywords

EN

people with disabilities; support; employer; labor market; Poland; Greece

PL

osoby z niepełnosprawnościami; wsparcie; pracodawca; rynek pracy; Polska; Grecja; osoby z niepełnosprawnościami; wsparcie; pracodawca; rynek pracy; Polska; Grecja

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 111-126

Dates

published

2020-03-30

Contributors

author

Dorota Kobus-Ostrowska

• Ph.D, University of Lodz, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Department of Microeconomics, Lodz, Poland

author

Doxa Papakonstantinou

• Ph.D, Assistant Professor, University of Macedonia, Department of Educational and Social Policy, Thessaloniki, Greece

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18778/1508-2008.23.07