The document will be published today on its website and seeks to complement what has already been done by companies that work with people with disabilities, and who wish to adjust their protocols and organizational culture towards a more inclusive process.
May 1st marked International Labor Day, the date on which the labor movement claims its rights. However, labor inclusion remains a pending issue for People with Disabilities.
One of the concrete steps has been Law 21,015 that sets the goal of 1% of workers with disabilities hired in companies, however, the Constitution should guarantee the rights of all citizens of Chile in a universal way, ensuring that everyone can exercise their rights without difficulties and without barriers.
Along these lines, the president of the Chilean Foundation for Disability (FChD), Matías Poblete, states that “to achieve an even more effective inclusion of the persons with disabilities into the world of work, it is necessary to introduce incentives that are attractive to hire more people and for, above all, including a greater number of women”.
To help public and private sector institutions in the task of making labor recruitment truly an inclusive process, the FChD launched on May 1 on its website the guide “Keys to effective labor inclusion”.
It is a complement to what has already been done by companies that work with persons with disabilities and who wish to adjust their protocols and organizational culture for a better experience.
According to the FChD president, some tips for real inclusion in public and private sector entities aim to “generate more instances of training in transversal and technical competences for persons with disabilities that respond to the needs of the labor market. For example, through pre-contract courses, with a specific focus on solving the demand for hiring professionals and qualified workers; in order to increase the areas and jobs that these people can join.”
Matías Poblete adds that it would be positive if the institutions in the public area in charge of certifying a worker’s disability would make this process more expeditious if it could be done through the internet. In addition, he believes that the law should contemplate other mechanisms to grant such certification apart from those that already exist. On the other hand, it raises the need to carry out awareness campaigns through the National Disability Service (SENADIS) at the country level about the importance of this certification.
