Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159) - Uruguay (Ratification: 1988)

Articles 1, 2 and 3 of the Convention. Application of a national policy. Consultation of representative organizations of employers and workers. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in September 2006 and the indications provided in relation to the direct request of 2004. According to the information provided, the Programme of Vocational Training for Persons with Disabilities (PROCLADIS) has been experiencing difficulty in fulfilling its mission and that proposal was made to the National Employment Board in May 2006 for the reformulation of PROCLADIS. The Committee requests the Government to provide information in its next report on the operation of PROCLADIS in the context of a national policy for the vocational rehabilitation and employment of all categories of persons with disabilities. Please also provide information on the number of persons with disabilities who have been recruited and obtained promotion in the public service, extracts of the annual report that is sent to Parliament on the implementation of the provisions giving effect to Act No. 16095 and data on the participation of persons with disabilities in the open labour market. The Committee would also like to be provided with more detailed information on the consultations required by Article 5 of the Convention, both in the context of PROCLADIS and in relation to the formulation and implementation of a national policy on vocational rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities.