4. 44 %
75 %
Employment rate of persons with
disabilities late 2000s (OECD 2010)
Employment rate of persons with no
disabilities late 2000s (OECD 2010)
19. “If you are out of work for
more than six-months,
your chances of
committing suicide are 40
times higher than if you
are working. “
Unum Centre for Psychological and Disability
Research
36. From only full
time paid job
deserves respect
…
Towards paid
work is not the
only way to
participate to the
community !
37.
38. An enabling
disability benefit
system
• Participation expectations
for all
• Work expectations for many,
but not all
• Access to comprehensive,
integrated services that
support community
participation and
employment
• Operating principles :
accessibility, equity,
adequacy, portability,
responsiveness and
consumer control
40. We don't see things as they
are, we see things as we are
Anais Nin
Editor's Notes
Sticks
Tightening the eligibility rules
Reduced payments
Mutual obligations requirements
Carrots
Making work pay / financial incentives
Partial and reduced benefits
Incentives for trials
No evidence of significant success
Does not seem appropriate for those with clear pre-existing barriers, who need support straight away, are not ready for benefit conditionality and timing of when job search can start is uncertain and specific to individual
Mainly increases entry into work for people who are job ready - people with moderate and severe disabilities remain written off
People are no better off – and sometimes poorer – when they quit the rolls to take on low-paid jobs
Making work pay has adverse effects
People with disabilities often less than satisfied with new requirements: “Lots of paper work and assessments. They assume the person asking an allowance isn’t being truthful about what’s happened in their life”
Concern about turning social workers into “data-entry people” and “cops”
Le handicap au travail, ce n’est pas ne pas pouvoir travailler mais ne pas vouloir travailler….
