Employers: influencing disabled people’s employment through responses to reasonable adjustments
Employers: influencing disabled people’s employment through responses to reasonable adjustments
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用人单位：通过合理调整影响残疾人就业
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2022
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J. Olsen
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摘要 合法地获得合理调整（RA）要求残疾人向雇主披露他们的残疾情况，这对于他们履行工作的基本职责至关重要。然而，雇主报告称，雇用残疾人的一个主要障碍是他们不愿意披露自己的缺陷。本文探讨了残疾人就业努力的生活经历，找出了发生这种情况的原因。残疾受访者表示，以前与雇主的经历强烈影响他们的就业目标和披露意愿。参与者分享的就业民族志经验表明，RA 可能是他们继续就业的主要因素，而且之前与雇主的接触使他们意识到，雇主往往不愿意批准他们寻求就业、获得就业、履行职责、与同事公平竞争、保护健康和/或维持就业所必需的 RA。兴趣点 雇主经常声称他们几乎没有残疾雇员，因为现任雇员不会透露他们的残疾情况，而且他们在寻找和雇用想要工作的残疾人方面面临障碍。雇主往往对残疾人不了解，也没有做出真正的努力来雇用残疾人。研究发现，残疾人在向雇主提出合理调整要求时受到的对待会影响他们将来是否会提出要求，并影响他们未来的就业目标。研究得出的结论是，如果无知的雇主仍然是唯一有权决定其条款的人，那么合理的调整将仍然是残疾人就业的主要障碍。
Abstract Obtaining reasonable adjustment(s) (RAs) legally requires disabled people to disclose their impairment(s) to their employer, the provision of which can be crucial to them performing the essential duties of their job. Yet, employers report a key barrier to employing disabled people is their lack of willingness to disclose their impairment(s). This article examines the lived experiences of disabled people’s employment endeavours identifying why this may be occurring. Disabled interviewees communicated that previous experiences with employers strongly influences their employment objectives, and willingness to disclose. The participants’ shared ethnographic experiences of employment demonstrate that RAs can be the predominant factor in their remaining employed and that prior encounters with employers have made them aware that employers are often unwilling to approve the RAs necessary for them to seek employment, to obtain employment, to perform their duties, to fairly compete with co-workers, to preserve their health, and/or to maintain employment. Points of interest Employers often claim they have few disabled employees because current employees will not disclose their impairment(s) and they face barriers to locating and hiring disabled people who want to work. Employers are often unknowledgeable about disability and don’t make genuine efforts to employ disabled people. The research found that how disabled people are treated when asking an employer for reasonable adjustments impacts if they will request them in the future and influences their future employment goals. The research concludes that reasonable adjustments will remain a key barrier to disability employment if unknowledgeable employers remain those solely empowered to decide upon their provision.