Employment of persons with disabilities
Recommended measures (5)
42. The Committee recommends that the State party, in close consultation with organizations of persons with disabilities, adopt measures to increase the level of employment of persons with disabilities in the open labour market, in line with the Convention and in view of target 8.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals, and that it ensure productive employment and decent work for all, including persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value. The Committee also recommends that the State party:
(a) Combat stereotypes and prejudices against persons with disabilities in the labour market and adopt regulations to address disability-based discrimination, including the denial of reasonable accommodation.
(b) Establish a requirement for universal design in the workplace for employers in the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Act, and prepare and implement a strategy on accessibility through universal design of the physical environment and universal ICT in the workplace.
(c) Make active, targeted and systematic efforts to promote the employment of persons with disabilities in the private and public labour markets.
(d) Give a clear mandate and sufficient resources to the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration to improve employment opportunities for persons with disabilities who are interested in entering the labour market.
(e) Consider extending the target for five per cent of new employees in the public sector to be persons with disabilities to the private sector.