There are a number of works tasks that persons with disabilities can complete in different ways, and, for starters, employers need to change the perception that each worker must work for 8 hours. Successful employers have already applied this, so they introduced the possibility for each employee to choose how efficiently he/she can work, be it 4, 8 hours, or once a week. Today, we don’t have to do everything in the workplace, and we don’t even have to be employed in a company, but can be employed in another one, that provides services to other companies in the first place, for those jobs that represent a sufficient burden on employed people. When an employee works in accordance with his/her competences and possibilities, then he/she is more efficient and satisfied.
In addition, the change must go in the direction of changing the organization of work. There are always additional work tasks in workplaces that take up too much of the busy worker’s time, so they can be given to someone else who can then do these tasks. Then, a specialized worker in a certain workplace will perform the primary work task better and be more efficient. The peculiarity of the modern market is the increasing differentiation of work, so, accordingly, there are and always will be tasks that are better left to someone else, or as they say, that are better used in such a way so as to maximize the competencies of each worker in the direction of better results.
However, we, the DIP, have been representing the values of human rights and the rights of persons with disabilities as equal citizens since our foundation. We continuously carry out a communication campaign for the advocacy of the rights of PWDs, we are looking for ways to change the behavior of the majority – we are improving the models of inclusion and work, we are working with numerous organizers, but after 10 years of work, we are not satisfied with the changes, which are happening too slowly.
The state does provide incentives for employment (see ZOSI: https://www.zosi.hr), but there is a lack of skilled workers who will train a workplace mentor for a new employee, PWD, or provide professional support at work for those persons with disabilities who need it. Employment of PWDs is possible without support, but in most cases it is necessary, i.e. the employer must adjust the workplace and work processes, i.e. make a reasonable adjustment. It is most often thought that it is only a technical adaptation, and it is forgotten that other aspects of the working environment also need to be adapted for PWDs to be able to work on an equal basis with others. Fear, impatience, ignorance, stigma, prejudice against PWDs – all these are the factors that reduce the likelihood that an employer will hire PWDs.
We congratulate and thank all the employers who hire persons with disabilities.
Udomljavanjem naših ukrasno-uporabnih predmeta sudjelujete u provedbi naših programa za mlade s teškoćama u razvoju i psihosocijalnom funkcioniranju. Mi ćemo vam zato pokloniti jedan ili više predmeta koje smo sami napravili.
