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Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159) - Luxembourg (RATIFICATION: 2001)

The Committee takes note of the Government’s report for the period ending in June 2010. It invites the Government to provide practical information and statistical data (disaggregated, as far as possible, by age, sex and nature of disability), together with extracts from reports, studies and enquiries on the implementation of the policy on vocational rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities (Part V of the report form).

Article 4 of the Convention. Equality of opportunity and treatment. The Government indicates that in terms of income, the situation of persons with disabilities is marked by wide disparities and unwarranted inequalities, which are a hindrance to any policy that sincerely pursues equality of rights and opportunities for persons with disabilities. The Committee notes that a Bill, tabled on 27 July 2001, has not as yet been adopted. Its aim was to promote economic security and independence for persons with disabilities. The Committee requests the Government to give in its next report an account of the progress made in ensuring effective equality of opportunity and treatment between men women with disabilities and other workers.

Article 5. Consultation of social partners. In reply to the previous direct request, the Government indicates that the department for workers with disabilities has no information on the consultations held with the social partners, as this matter falls within the remit of the ministries responsible for the policy on disability (Ministry for the Family and Integration and Ministry of Labour and Employment). The Committee requests the Government to provide specific information on the consultations held with the social partners and other interested organizations, required by Article 5 of the Convention.

Article 9. Suitably qualified staff. The Government states that the staff of the department for workers with disabilities has only three members who deal with social/educational matters and have specialized knowledge of disability. It further indicates that to perform the duties laid down in the law, there is still a need for a body to be responsible for permanent monitoring of the employment measures taken with regard to persons with disabilities. The Committee invites the Government to indicate the measures taken to ensure that a large enough suitably qualified vocational rehabilitation staff is available for persons with disabilities.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2013.]