Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159) - Spain (Ratification: 1990)

Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention. National policy on vocational rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities. The Committee notes the report provided by the Government for the period ending June 2014 in which it enumerates the legislative measures adopted to promote the employment opportunities of persons with disabilities and includes statistical data on trends in the recruitment of persons with disabilities. The Committee also notes the observations made by the Trade Union Confederation of Workers’ Commissions (CCOO) included in the Government’s report. The CCOO maintains that there are no real data available on compliance with quotas (enterprises with over 50 workers are required to ensure that at least 2 per cent of their staff are persons with disabilities). The CCOO insists that most persons with disabilities of working age are inactive, and that their participation rate in the labour market is therefore very low. It adds that the work experience of persons who, without having a diploma, provide care and rehabilitation for persons with disabilities is not recognized. The Committee invites the Government to provide any comments that it considers appropriate with regard to the observations of the CCOO The Committee also requests the Government to describe its national policy of vocational rehabilitation and employment for workers with disabilities, including practical information on the objectives achieved in the promotion of employment opportunities for persons with disabilities on the free labour market. Please provide information on the manner in which the representative organizations of employers and workers, and representative organizations of persons with disabilities, are consulted on the application of the policy (Article 5); the vocational guidance and information, placement, employment and other related services provided to enable persons with disabilities to secure, retain and advance in employment (Article 7); vocational rehabilitation and employment services for persons with disabilities in rural areas and remote communities (Article 8); and the measures taken to ensure the availability in practice of suitably qualified vocational rehabilitation staff (Article 9).

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2015.]