Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2011, published 101st ILC session (2012)

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159) - Chile (Ratification: 1994)

Implementation of a national policy. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in September 2010 which contains information on the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Government also refers to the promulgation of Act No. 20422 of 10 February 2010, which establishes standards on equal opportunities and the social inclusion of persons with disabilities. In its direct request of 2010 on the application of the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111), the Committee observed the relevance of the Act as regards promoting access for persons with disabilities to employment and vocational training. In its report on Convention No. 159, the Government also added information on placing persons with disabilities in employment through the “Employment Placement Programme” (PIL), the “Employment Access Line” (LAT) and the joint programme implemented by the National Service for Disability (SENADIS) and the National Training and Employment Service (SENCE). The Committee requests the Government to continue to supply information in its next report on the results achieved through public policies and private initiatives aimed at integrating persons with disabilities into the open labour market. It requests the Government to include information on the consultations required by Article 5 of the Convention with the social partners and other organizations concerned and also statistics on the integration of persons with disabilities into the labour market, specifying, wherever possible, the nature of the disability, age, gender, occupational classification and income (Part V of the report form).