Employment of people with disabilities

Pravo na rad jedno je od temeljnih ljudskih prava. Osobe s invaliditetom kao i sve druge osobe imaju pravo ostvarivati svoje potencijale i mogućnosti kroz sustav zapošljavanja i tako stvoriti preduvjet za bolju integraciju u društvo, steći samopouzdanje i samopoštovanje te poboljšati svoj životni standard. U Hrvatskoj se provode različite mjere aktivne politike zapošljavanja, no osobe s invaliditetom i dalje ulaze u kategoriju teže zapošljivih osoba zbog suficitarnosti stečenih zvanja, niže razine obrazovanja, nedostatka radnog iskustva te dugotrajne nezaposlenosti. Cilj ovog rada je prikazati trenutno stanje u području zapošljavanja osoba s invaliditetom u Hrvatskoj s osvrtom na modele zapošljavanja, potpore za poslodavce, ali i na broj nezaposlenih osoba s invaliditetom i prepreke koje se nalaze na putu prema zaposlenju. Na samom kraju rada prikazane su aktualne mjere aktivne politike zapošljavanja u Hrvatskoj.The right to work is one of the fundamental human rights. People with disabilities, like all other people, have the right to realize their potentials and opportunities through the employment system and thus create the preconditions for better integration into society, gain self-confidence and self-esteem, and improve their standard of living. Various active employment policy measures are implemented in Croatia, but people with disabilities continue to fall into the category of hard-to-employ people due to the surplus of acquired professions, lower level of education, lack of work experience and long-term unemployment. This paper aims to present the current situation in the field of employment of people with disabilities in Croatia regarding employment models, support for employers, but also the number of unemployed people with disabilities and obstacles to employment. At the very end of the paper, current measures of active employment policy in Croatia are presented