Legal regulation of the right to work for people with disabilities at the international and national levels

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of legal regulation of the right to work of people with disabilities. This article analyzes the stages of formation of international standards of the rights of people with disabilities in the sphere of employment, and puts emphasis on the measures that states should implement in domestic law to create equal opportunities, equal treatment, an integrated approach and social inclusiveness. Problematic areas of realization of labour potential are outlined and solutions are proposed as a result of the analysis of the legal regulation of the right to work of people with disabilities in the Republic of Belarus. The proposal to replace the system of workplace reservation for people with disabilities with a quota system, which has proved to be practically effective in a number of countries, has been substantiated. The article emphasizes that the basis for effective employment of people with disabilities is a balance between the guarantees of their rights in the area of employment relations and tax benefits, which encourage employers to provide employment to people with disabilities. The article formulates proposals to improve tax legislation in the Republic of Belarus.

Author Biography

Veronika A. Bryliova, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, 104 Saveckaja Street, Homieĺ 246019, Belarus

PhD (law), docent; associate professor at the department of theory and history of state and law, faculty of law

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Published
2020-10-29
Keywords: people with disabilities, the right to work, implementation of the labour potential, international standards of the right to work, domestic guarantees of the right to work, workplace reservation, job quotas, tax incentives for employers
How to Cite
Bryliova, V. A. (2020). Legal regulation of the right to work for people with disabilities at the international and national levels. Journal of the Belarusian State University. International Relations, 1, 40-46. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/internationalRelations/article/view/2832
Issue
No 1 (2020): Journal of the Belarusian State University. International relations
Section
International Law

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