“I am not limited enough” is the name of the manifesto (Poverty Policy and Participation) that civil society organizations are handing over to Minister Schouten today. They therefore draw attention to the exclusion of certain persons with disabilities from the labor market.
Start Foundation, JongPIT, CNV Youth, Unlimited to the Battle and Elke(in) have joined forces to collect stories about exclusion. These were presented to the target group and to the experts, and an attempt was made to find solutions together. The report of these bottlenecks and solutions will be presented to the minister today.
“Not so lucky”
“Due to the current legislation, not everyone in the Netherlands has the same opportunities,” says Erik Rouw of the Start Foundation. “There is a group of people who really want to work from home. This has been going on for years, the current tightness in the labor market makes the problem even more visible.”
It is difficult to determine how many people are involved, organizations say they encounter it a lot among their supporters. They assume hundreds of thousands of people.
According to the actors, the biggest problem is the registration of target groups.
That’s why it was Mireille Uileman who fell between two chairs. He had to stop teaching because of a progressive eye disease. “So I was looking for something new, but it failed because the platoons said I wasn’t on the audience record. Neither the municipality, nor the UWV, nor the government could explain to me why. It took 2.5 years for someone to get it.”
The reason ultimately given to Uileman was that he was not receiving benefits. Because it’s her husband’s job. He also had a bachelor’s degree in the famine industry. As a result, he was considered autonomous and therefore not recognized as a person with occupational disability.
“This is a good example,” says Rouw. “Because it is not registered, it has to compete in the labor market with people without disabilities and people who have tools in their hands.” According to Rouw, this group can be directed to work much faster.
‘As to feel’
“I really want to work, autonomy is very important to me,” says Uileman. “Now I have to stand behind geraniums by law, it hurts so much. Everyone benefits from my going to work. †
Ultimately, Uileman got a job with an employer who worked outside of these rules. “He was lucky. Thousands more don’t have this opportunity.”
One of the solutions proposed by the Manifesto is to make people with an occupational disability comply with the Employment Contracts Act. “The law needs to be expanded,” says Rouw, “but there are more discriminatory issues that need to be addressed. For example, people with an occupational disability in certain sectors fall under a separate job scale on the scale of collective bargaining, after adoption by the government. they earn less than their colleagues for the same work.”
equal opportunities
Minister Schouten will receive the manifesto this afternoon and only then respond. In response to the NOS, he already says that he thinks equal opportunities are important: “These are very important, but unfortunately not always obvious. Everyone is valuable and has something to add. We have to do it together so that opportunities are accessible. to everyone.” be confiscated.”
Source: NOS
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