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Report on the employment of disabled people in European countries: Slovakia
- Authors:
- REPKOVA Kvetoslava, HANZELOVA Eneke, BRICHTOVA Lydia
- Publisher:
- Academic Network of European Disability Experts
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- Utrecht
The purpose of the report (Terms of Reference) is to review national implementation of the European Employment Strategy from a disability equality perspective, and to provide the Commission with useful evidence in support of disability policy mainstreaming. More specifically, the report will review implementation of EU Employment Strategy and the PROGRESS initiative with reference to policy implementation evidence from European countries, including the strategies addressed in the EU Disability Action Plan (such as flexicurity and supported employment).
Report on the employment of disabled people in European countries: Slovakia
- Authors:
- HANZELOVA Eneke, BRICHTOVA Lydia, REPKOVA Kvetoslava
- Publisher:
- Academic Network of European Disability Experts
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 22p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Utrecht
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
Focusing on Slovakia, this is one of a series of reports reviewing national implementation of the European Employment Strategy from a disability equality perspective. It provides an update as at November 2009 to a first report published in 2008. Evidence is summarised, along with a comment on the current economic crisis. It is then reviewed in a standardised format under the following headings: academic publications and research reports; employment statistics and trends; laws and policies, type and quality of jobs; specific examples of good practice; and conclusions and recommendations. The Labour Force Survey 2008-2009 indicates that the employment rate for disabled people rose from 8.74% to 9.16% in the first quarter of 2009. The equivalent figure for the non-disabled population was 53.7%. The Act on Employment Services requires that 3.2% of employees in companies with more than 20 staff to have a disability. New labour market policy measures for people with disabilities came into force in May 2008. The economic crisis has resulted in a 1% decline in labour demand in the first half of 2009. There has been parallel growth in the number of people with disabilities registering with public employment offices.
Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries: the Slovak Republic
- Author:
- REPKOVA Kvetoslava
- Publisher:
- Academic Network of European Disability Experts
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- Utrecht
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
This report aims to review national implementation in the Slovak Republic of European Union social inclusion and social protection strategies, with particular reference to equality for disabled people. The purpose of the report is to review national implementation of the open method of coordination in social inclusion and social protection, and in particular the National Strategic Reports of member states from a disability equality perspective, and to provide the Commission with useful evidence in supporting disability policy mainstreaming. The first version of the report was published in 2008; this second version is updated with information available up to November 2009. The report lists the summary of changes since the 2008 report in the areas of: housing and homelessness; new strategies and actions for the inclusion of disabled people; new changes in incomes, benefits and pensions; new changes in long-term care and support; and the implications of the economic crisis. Part 1 of the report considers social inclusion plans; part 2 considers incomes, pensions and benefits; and part 3 considers care and support. The report concludes with some recommendations and an example of best practice.