Teleworking as an employability strategy for the population with disabilities

Abstract

In Colombia, labor inclusion is an issue that has been dealt with in different spaces of social interest. By 2011, according to the World Report on Disability, there were more than 1,000 million people with some disability and it is to be assumed that access to work is reduced due to this situation. MinSalud (2017) According to figures from DANE in Colombia, 6.4% of citizens have some type of disability, 52% of working age and only 15% of them work. (CONFANDI, 2015). Teleworking as a work modality allows us to comply with two schemes: stable employment hiring and labor inclusion of people with disabilities. In addition to avoiding their displacement, working from home is an ideal option for the disabled worker since most have physical spaces in their home adapted to their needs; and for the contracting companies since it alleviates the requirements of adaptation in their facilities in the circulation areas and in the sanitary services, among others. Thus, a high use of this style of work by workers with disabilities would be expected, however in this study carried out the percentage of disabled people is similar to that described in conventional work, so it would be worthwhile to encourage more teleworking among companies and in the disabled population. (Uribe S, 2017)

Keywords

• disability
• labor inclusion
• telework
• icts