Optimising Strategies for Integrating People with Disabilities into Work

German EU Presidency 2007

2007 European Year of Equal Opportunities for All

Diversity at work

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Legal Requirements to Employ People With Disabilities (Glossary)

Employer

Element:
Legal Requirements to Employ People With Disabilities

Employer (WP4):
Mixed results with some countries rating it as slightly positive and others as slightly negative.  Employers in France and Slovakia rated it as a positive influence while Austria rated it negatively. 

Employer

Element TO AU DK FI FR DE IRL IT M NL NO PT RO SL SI UK
Legal Requirements to Employ People With Disabilities 0.53 -1.17 - 0 2.1 -0.89 0.7 0.3 1.3 0.22 - -0.2 -0.11 1.7 1.4 0.67

N = 10


This element uses a positive/negative scale ranging from –3 (very negative) to +3 (very positive).  -/+ 2 means somewhat negative/positive -/+ 1 means a little negative/positive and 0 means neutral.  Somewhat positive ratings are highlighted in a “light green” colour.  Very positive ratings are highlighted in “dark green”.  Countries with a somewhat negative rating are highlighted in “orange” and countries with a very negative rating are highlighted in red.

In relation to legal requirements to employ people with disabilities ratings ranging from –2 to –3 inclusive are given a red colour.  Those from –1 to –1.99 inclusive are highlighted in orange.  Positive ratings from 1.5 to 2.24 inclusive are highlighted in “light green” and those ranging from 2.25 to 3 inclusive are highlighted in “dark green”. 

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