Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159) - Italy (Ratification: 2000)

Employment promotion for workers with disabilities. With reference to its previous direct request, the Committee notes the detailed information provided by the Government in the report received in November 2005. In a general observation, the Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL) describes the action taken at the European level to raise awareness of certain pre-university programmes for workers with disabilities. The Government’s report shows that, in regions where there are specific vocational integration services for persons with disabilities, the percentage of successful integration is higher than in regions where there are no services or where they are inadequate. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing information in future reports on the results achieved in practice through the measures undertaken at the national and regional levels for the integration of persons with disabilities into the free labour market (Articles 7 and 9 of the Convention). It requests the Government to provide statistics and reports on the matters covered by the Convention (Part V of the report form).