Employment of Disabled People in Republic of Croatia and comparasion with European Union standards

Kada je riječ o osobama s invaliditetom, nerijetko se susrećemo s predrasudama, zbog nedovoljne upućenosti u prava osoba s invaliditetom i njihove mogućnosti. Iz tog razloga potrebno je raditi na podizanju svijesti cijeloga društva kako bi se smanjio utjecaj predrasuda, kako bi se osobe s invaliditetom što kvalitetnije integrirale u samo društvo, kako bi postale što aktivnije u životu zajednice, i u konačnici kako bi pronašle svoje radno mjesto i vlastiti izvor prihoda. Rad nudi pregled nekoliko dokumenata usko vezanih za osobe s invaliditetom na nacionalnoj razini i na razini Europske unije, rezultate istraživanja socijalnog statusa osoba s invaliditetom u Republici Hrvatskoj, uvide u mogućnosti zapošljavanja i samozapošljavanja osoba s invaliditetom te analizu podataka o nezaposlenosti osoba s invaliditetom Hrvatskog zavoda za zapošljavanje i statističkog ureda Europske unije.When it comes to people with disabilities society is mainly full of prejudice and insufficiently informed in the rights of persons with disabilities and their options. For this reason it is necessary to work on increasing awareness of the whole society in order to reduce the impact of prejudice, how persons with disabilities would integrate into the society better, to become more active in community life, and ultimately to found their workplace and their own source of income. This paper provides a review of several documents closely related to people with disabilities at the national level and at the EU level, the results of research of social status of persons with disabilities in the Republic of Croatia, insights into the opportunities for employment and self-employment for persons with disabilities, and analysis of data on unemployment of disabled persons of the Croatian Institute employment and the statistical office of the European Union