2024-06-20 17:48:59
VIENNA (PK) – A invoice proposed by the Union Celebration goals to result in numerous enhancements for individuals with disabilities, amending the Federal Incapacity Act and the Employment of Individuals with Disabilities Act (4116/A). Amongst different issues, it envisages strengthening the Incapacity Advocate and the Federal Advisory Council for Disabled Individuals and offering the Austrian Incapacity Council with monetary safety of €870,000 per 12 months. As well as, corporations with at the least 400 staff must be required to nominate an accessibility officer. Bureaucratic reduction when making use of for a incapacity go can also be a part of the package deal.
In accordance with the draft regulation, the Federal Advisory Council for Individuals with Disabilities will henceforth present recommendation not solely to the Ministry of Social Affairs, but additionally to your entire authorities and be heard on all points affecting individuals with disabilities. On this context, the variety of advisory board members will even be elevated. The variety of representatives of individuals with disabilities will even improve on common, as every ministry will in future ship a consultant to the advisory board. As well as, a committee might be established inside the Advisory Board to arrange experiences, statements and suggestions. Particularly, it must be composed of curiosity representatives, affected individuals and incapacity advocates.
The Workplace of the Incapacity Advocate, an essential level of recommendation and call for individuals with disabilities who expertise discrimination, can also be being upgraded. Incapacity attorneys ought to at all times carry out this perform on a full-time foundation, and illustration by this impartial and non-directive physique must be extra clearly regulated. As well as, regional workplaces might also be established sooner or later, however based on the reason, preliminary plans are to determine regional workplaces in Vienna, Salzburg and Graz. The intention is to decrease the boundaries to accessing incapacity rights initiatives. On the identical time, it’s clarified that in instances of suspected discrimination, disabled attorneys can even deal with arbitration proceedings with the Ministry of Social Affairs on behalf of the events.
The phrases of each the Federal Advisory Council on Incapacity and the Incapacity Advocate might be prolonged from 4 to 5 years.
With a view to cut back the executive burden on individuals with disabilities, when making use of for passes for individuals with disabilities sooner or later, the present database will give precedence to acquiring the required images. There are additionally plans to simplify authentication.
Accessibility officer for a big firm
Underneath proposed amendments to the Employment of Individuals with Disabilities Act, present accessibility officers in ministries might be included within the regulation and their obligations might be clearly outlined. As well as, corporations using greater than 400 individuals should have an accessibility officer sooner or later. The Unionist Celebration expects better consideration of accessibility necessities within the planning course of. This will even assist save the time and price of subsequent changes, the reason stated.
Additional modifications will have an effect on the authorized necessities for built-in corporations. Moreover, on account of variations in case regulation between OGH and VwGH, it’s legally clear {that a} incapacity go in itself doesn’t represent proof that an worker belongs to a gaggle of individuals with disabilities who profit from advantages. (Finish) GS
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