ABSTRACT
Employers and government have dual responsibility for work disability policy. Employers are required to meet a 5% quota for employing severely disabled people, and failure invokes financial levies. Revenues finance the integration office, which supports employers and disabled workers. Employers’ responsibility has been strengthened by antidiscrimination legislation. Responsibility for rehabilitation, payments, and pensions rests with sickness, pension, and accident insurance bodies, and the federal employment agency. Coordination problems persist. Legislation aims to strengthen participation of disabled people in rehabilitation through individual participation plans, in businesses through representation, and in government agencies through the involvement of disabled people’s organizations.
