People with intellectual disabilities and labour market inclusion: What role for EU labour law?
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Mark Bell, People with intellectual disabilities and labour market inclusion: What role for EU labour law?, European Labour Law Journal, 11, 2020, 3-25Abstract:
People with intellectual disabilities occupy a peripheral position in the labour market. They
have low rates of participation in employment and this often takes the form of sheltered
employment in settings segregated from persons without disabilities. Although their working
lives have received limited attention in legal scholarship, this article argues that law can play
a positive role in fostering greater inclusion. Taking into account the UN Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities, this article analyses EU legislation and case-law in order
to identify how these apply to those working in sheltered employment and how they may
assist in tackling barriers to participating in the open labour market. While EU labour law
already contains measures that have the potential to improve the position of people with
intellectual disabilities, the article identifies scope for enhancing the effectiveness of these
instruments.
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https://doi.org/10.1177/2031952519882953https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2031952519882953
http://hdl.handle.net/2262/91069
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Author: Bell, Mark
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https://doi.org/10.1177/2031952519882953https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2031952519882953
http://hdl.handle.net/2262/91069
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European Labour Law Journal11
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Intellectual disability, Sheltered employment, Discrimination, Reasonable accommodation, European Union, United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesSubject (TCD):
Inclusive Society , EMPLOYMENT LAW , INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY , eu employment lawISSN:
2031-9525Metadata
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