Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2000, published 89th ILC session (2001)

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159) - Slovakia (Ratification: 1993)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which reads as follows:

  Article 2 of the Convention.  The Committee notes the information on the activities of the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family and the territorial labour bodies in the implementation of the national policy on vocational rehabilitation and employment of disabled persons. It would be grateful if the Government would indicate, in its next report, the manner in which the national policy is periodically reviewed, as required by this Article.

  Article 5.  The Committee notes the information concerning cooperation of the competent public bodies with the representative organizations of disabled persons, such as the Slovak Union of Disabled Persons and the Association of Disabled Citizens. Please indicate whether the representative organizations of employers and workers are consulted on the implementation of the national policy, as required by this Article, and describe the manner in which these organizations are consulted.

  Article 8.  Please describe measures taken to promote the establishment and development of vocational rehabilitation and employment services for disabled persons in rural areas and remote communities, as required by this Article.

  Part V of the report form.  Please continue to provide information on the application of the Convention in practice, including for example, statistics, extracts from reports, studies and inquiries, concerning the matters covered by the Convention (for example, with respect to particular areas or branches of activity or particular categories of disabled workers).