Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2004, published 93rd ILC session (2005)

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159) - Norway (Ratification: 1984)

The Committee notes the information provided in the Government’s report received in October 2004. The Committee refers to the comments that it made in 2003 on the application of Convention No. 122 in relation to the increase in the number of persons with disabilities and the amendment of certain provisions of the Working Environment Act (No. 4), 1977, in accordance with an agreement concluded in October 2001 between the Government and the social partners to create a more inclusive workplace. The Committee notes in this respect Act No. 27 of 30 April 2003 amending sections 13, 14, 16 and 64 of the above Act and the addition of two new chapters on equal treatment in employment, introduced by Act No. 15 of 26 March 2004. The Government reports the lack of available statistics shedding light on supervisory practice in relation to the employment of persons with disabilities, as the statistics on the relevant areas often also include persons without disabilities. The figures would not therefore provide a representative picture of the scope of supervision in the fields covered by the Convention. The Committee asks the Government to continue providing information on the measures taken in the context of the national policy on vocational rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities (Articles 3 and 7 of the Convention) and to provide any relevant information on the application of the Convention in practice, in accordance with Part V of the report form.