Employment of people with disabilities is a social duty by the business proprietor, or its duty may be removed by making payments to cover the levies. This study demonstrates that if the proprietor attempts to satisfy the statutory employment quota by permanent wheelchair users that requires level 4 improvement, net present value (NPV) of facility improvement investment depends on personnel allocation patterns (concentrated or dispersed). Hence, the performance of barrier-free and universal design depends upon a personnel allocation that may turn into a barrier to the employment of people with disabilities.
Grants for upgrading the workplace environment are available to partially cover costs incurred by employers to hire persons with disabilities. This research examined the facility improvement levels (l -4) classified by spinal cord injury levels (L5-T1) and its relationship with grant provision limits. The findings were grouped into the following categories: facility level 1, required for below L5, corresponds with a grant provision limit for one person; facility level 2, between L3 and L4, corresponds with a grant provision limit for two persons; facility level 3, between T2 and L2, corresponds with a grant provision limit for three persons; facility level 4, that includes the installment of multipurpose toilets, corresponds with a grant provision limit for four persons.
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