Labour Market Reintegration of Individuals with a Physical and Cognitive Disability by a Company-Based Work-Experience Program

Abstract

As in many other countries, individuals with disabilities in the Netherlands have difficulties in establishing sustainable careers. In the Netherlands, Royal Philips offers a work-experience program with the possibility to follow vocational education. Based on national register data, a control group was constructed that includes individuals with a disability with a similar labour market history as participants of the company-based program before entry but who were involved in public rehabilitation. This study compared the labour market outcomes up to ten years later (i.e., the level of employment and employment on a competitive salary) of individuals with a disability that participated in the program (N = 552) with those of a matched control group engaged in public rehabilitation. The longterm impact of participation in the programme on the level of employment appears to be firmer for individuals with a physical disability (N = 283) than for those with a cognitive disability (N = 269). Contrariwise, a more substantial effect was found on employment on a competitive salary for individuals with a cognitive disability than for those with a physical disability. Following vocational education, while gaining work experience, explains the long-term impact found for former participants of this company-based program partially.

Discriminación e inclusión laboral en grandes empresas de Arica (Chile)

“…Finalmente, en cuanto al tipo de discapacidad que poseen los trabajadores, la discapacidad física, entendiéndose como toda limitante o impedimento del desempeño motor de la persona (Kinnear, et al 2020), predominó con un 70% de representación dentro de los tipos. Mientras, la discapacidad cognitiva, entendida como un limitante que se manifiesta en déficits del funcionamiento intelectual, como razonamiento, solución de problemas, planificación, pensamiento abstracto, toma de decisiones, aprendizaje académico, entre otros (Peijen y Wilthagen, 2020), fue el segundo tipo que se presenció dentro de los trabajadores, figurando en la investigación con un 30% de representación.…”

Inclusion of people with disabilities at work: Integrative review

“…Finally, we can extract from the data the consequences of the processes of stigmatization (Goffman, 1998) and discrimination concerning the opportunities for PWD and how they widely affect their lives (Peijen & Wilthagen, 2020). Thus, resulting from social exclusion, PWD deal with exclusion at school, which contributes to a low educational level, consequently limiting their participation in the labor market and forcing them to work in precarious and inadequate conditions.…”

“…Work can be defined as a daily exercise of vital activity, capable of shaping the form of production of subjectivity since it is the main act for the creation of material (Paiva & Bendassolli, 2017). Although working conditions can still be precarious nowadays, the workrelated suffering does not arise only from work, but also from any kind of its lack, such as unemployment, underemployment, underutilization, or work discouragement (Becker, 2019;Peijen & Wilthagen, 2020).…”

Inclusão de trabalhadores com deficiência: Revisão integrativa

“…Com isso, passa a ter como nova finalidade não apenas a busca pela sobrevivência, mas também uma função social e psicológica (Paiva O trabalho pode ser definido como um exercício cotidiano de uma atividade vital, capaz de moldar a forma de produção e reprodução da humanidade, uma vez que é o ato principal para criação dos bens materiais e simbólicos necessários à sobrevivência da sociedade (Paiva & Bendassolli, 2017). Porém, diante da precarização em que a atividade laboral se configura atualmente, identificamos o sofrimento advindo do trabalho e do não trabalho na subjetividade, a exemplo do desemprego, do subemprego, da desocupação, do desalento, da subutilização (Becker, 2019;Peijen & Wilthagen, 2020).…”

“…Por fim, podemos extrair dos dados as consequências dos processos de estigmatização (Goffman, 1998) e discriminação no que se refere às oportunidades das PcD e como isso afeta amplamente a vida delas (Peijen & Wilthagen, 2020). Dessa forma, provenientes da exclusão social, pessoas em situação de deficiência enfrentam a exclusão escolar, o que corrobora um baixo nível educacional e, consequentemente, limita a participação delas no mercado, forçando-as a trabalhos precários e em condições inadequadas.…”