The Disability Employment Package: A concrete step forward in realising the right to work of persons with disabilities?

Social Structures

Authors: Hannah Casey, Léa Urzel, Matthew McKenna, Ideas In ALL Blog Editors

(L to R) Hannah Casey, Léa Urzel and Matthew McKenna

The European Commission (EC) has now unveiled its Disability Employment Package (DEP). This Package forms part of the Commission’s seven step Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030. The DEP aims to support Member States in their efforts to ensure people with disabilities have fair and equal access to employment. Currently, just 50% of people with disabilities of working age in the EU are employed, though this number has been rising slowly over recent years

Continue reading “The Disability Employment Package: A concrete step forward in realising the right to work of persons with disabilities?”
Skip to content