The new law introduces a series of amendments to various aspects
in the field of disabled persons' rights. The most relevant
from an employment perspective are listed below.
The definitions for the following terms are amended:
'reasonable adaptation of the workplace', 'assisted
employment' and 'authorised protected unit'.
In relation to the integration of disabled individuals within
work, the law states that employers must ensure disabled
individuals have access of to an adapted workplace, as appropriate,
in accordance with the functional potential and the adaptation
capacity of the workers in question.
The new rules expressly mention that equality of opportunities,
accessibility of the workplace and the adaptation of duties in
accordance with the functional potential of the worker in question
are guaranteed to disabled individuals in employment relations.
