The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security financed 131 projects framed in the Labor Insertion Program (PIL), which made it possible to include 160 people with disabilities in formal jobs during 2022.
on the occasion of International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesTélam spoke with the coordinator of support for workers with disabilities, eva roomwho, in addition to showing his satisfaction with the results of the plan, stated: “We made progress this year after the pandemic and the context that we have to go through, that the numbers in terms of employment for people with disabilities are turning out to be positive.”
Furthermore, Sala highlighted that, through the Job Training Programmore of 8,500 people disabled they were able to do their internships in real jobs.
“This is important because it indicates that people with disabilities, having lower educational levels and fewer opportunities for real incorporation into jobs, require some scheme of prior actions where they are training, training, having their first experience close to the labor market”, pointed out the national coordinator.
The Job Training Actions Program facilitates the acquisition of knowledge and experience in tasks and trades in demand locally, through their participation in real jobs, and grants participants a monthly financial aid.
The Law 22,431 establishes the labor quota and obliges the State (Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches) and private companies that are concessionaires of public services to employ at least 4% of people with disabilities.
In this sense, Sala said that “we work hard with public organizations, there together with Andis (National Agency for Disability) that has been doing a very strong job in accompanying this process, we offer the search system, labor intermediation services and nine State agencies also requested our services to incorporate people with disabilities”.
The Coordination of Support for Workers with Disabilities of the Ministry of Laboro Implement a set of programs and actions aimed at the insertion of people with disabilities in quality jobs, in the competitive labor market or independent enterprises.
Through the Program to Promote Equal Opportunities, it accompanies workers with disabilities in training and job placement, and employers are assisted in the search for workers with disabilities and are offered economic benefits for their hiring or job training.
On the other hand, this week the Conference for the labor inclusion of people with disabilities “Articulating strategies for an open, inclusive and accessible labor market” was held, in which the Minister of Labor, Raquel “Kelly” Olmos; Andis Owner, Fernando Galarraga; the Undersecretary of Employment Promotion, Esteban Bogani and the Coordinator of Support for Workers with Disabilities, eva room.
Within the framework of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the objective of the conference was to present different cases of preparation for work and labor inclusion of people with disabilities, promoting the elimination of attitudinal, communicational and architectural barriers, among others, that hinder or prevent the full, active and effective participation of people with disabilities on an equal footing with others in the workplace.
Based on the stories of those who were protagonists, their experiences were shared, the processes they went through, the difficulties encountered, the challenges to overcome and the tools used, with a focus on the articulation achieved with the Coordination of Support for Workers with Disabilities.
