June 26, 2009 PM: Lecture on Current Situation of Employment of Persons with Disabilities in
Japan
Training Report - Decent work course
Although everyone related this training course prayed for their course leader, they could still not hear his voice.
However the participants were very pleased that he could come to JICA Tokyo to lecture on the current situation of employment of persons with disabilities in Japan. His presence is the most important!
He started the lecture on why realization of “Decent Work” is essential to persons with disabilities and explained the difference between open employment and welfare employment. Becoming employees at the private companies means they can be secured the minimum wages, on the other hand people who work at the welfare facilities are not recognized as workforce, but they are service users and not secured the minimum wages.
They also learned the history of the quota schemes and its present issues and Necessity of collaboration and integration of welfare policies and labor policies for the promotion of employment of persons with disabilities.
All the participants could get the basic ideas regarding employment/work of persons with disabilities and could be ready for site visits next week.
