Where are the people with disabilities?
Neivia Justa
Communications & Marketing Director | Thought Leader | Top Voice | Vital Voices Visionary | DEI Activist | Mother | #LíderComNeivia #OndeEst?oAsMulheres #AquiEst?oAsMulheres Creator | Board member | Author | Speaker
The Brazilian Law of Quotas for People with Disabilities was created in 1991 and establishes that companies with one hundred or more employees fill a portion of their positions with professionals who have some kind of disability.
The percentage of vacancies starts at 2% for companies with between 100 and 200 employees and reaches 5% for those with more than 1000 employees.
The quota law applies to people with physical, hearing, visual, mental, or multiple disabilities, and ensures all rights under our Consolidated Labor Laws (CLT), the possibility of flexible and reduced hours, with salary proportionality, depending on the degree of disability and need for medical treatment.
In addition, by law, people with disabilities are entitled to professional qualification and rehabilitation, tasks and routines suited to their singularities and adaptation of the physical work environment to allow their accessibility.
According to a survey by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), 8.4% of the Brazilian population over two years old – 17.3 million people – have some kind of disability. Only 25.4% of those people who are old enough to work - over 14 years old - were somehow inserted in the labor market in 2019.
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Three decades after our Quota Law, why are so many companies still failing to comply with it?
Discrimination of people with disabilities is still part of our culture and prevents us from seeing the law as a strategic opportunity for inclusion and diversity promotion in companies.
Some corporate practices that are still very common include hiring people with disabilities that require less effort from the company to adapt and get prepared or hiring them to only show up at the office on inspection days by the Public Ministry, that is, paying them not to work. Can you believe it?
Our National day for the struggle of people with disabilities, September 21, exists to remind us that access to education, respect and opportunities to do a good work is a human right. Of all people. With or without a disability.
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I am?Neivia Justa,?awarded and recognized?Brazilian?businesswoman,?mother of?Luiza?and?Julia, two teenager girls, jornalist, entrepreneur, influencer, teacher, mentor, consultant and?connector of?purposeful leaders who?think, communicate and act in a conscious, diverse, inclusive and innovative way to guarantee a sustainable future for all.
Article originally published in Portugues on https://mais.opovo.com.br/colunistas/neivia-justa/2021/09/26/onde-estao-as-pessoas-com-deficiencia.html
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Wayne State University School of Social Work, MSW Candidate, BSW Hons, Inclusionist, advocate, activist. #Access4All #EveryoneIncluded
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3 年Our Company advocates for the inclusion of PWDs in the workforce. Ever since 2003, we have had PWD employees (Hearing Impaired & Mobility Impaired) as Encoders and Admin staff. We look upon these employees of ours as "PWD" = Persons With Determination cos they are hardworking, pleasant and very helpful to everyone. Because they give their 100% to ensure that they meet their deadline, we in Management in turn make sure that we not only take good care of them by providing them equal pay and benefits; promotion opportunities; a safe environment at work but; we also ensure that their mental health will not be overlooked since remote work has such an adverse effect on the mental health of employees.
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3 年Coming from someone that has a disability, I noticed that some workplaces aren't too well with accommodations or some workplaces can expect a little much from a person and can push it making someone feel at edge. I know what I am capable of and what I am not. Since I'm generally seen as a good worker and a person with nice personality I do get thrown with high expectations and viewed to be even more better. Yes I would like to be treated as fair as everyone else, but also keep in mind some of the boundaries or limitations where it won't make a person feel the pressure or anxiety build up.