My contribution regarding workplace disability quotas work in Malta during an interview by Daiva Repeckaite; 20th May 2020
‘Disability and employment expert Tonio Axisa, who is working on a PhD on the subject at De Montfort University in the UK, notes that disparities between the different disability registers used in Malta has been an obstacle in tracing how many people actually benefit from this scheme – and how many should. His research has shown that many employers feel that they lack clear guidelines on what counts as disability; is dyslexia, for example, on the list? “There are three registers: the CRPD [Commission for the Rights of People with Disability], which includes children and seniors, the social security register (if a person is eligible for social benefits and disability allowance), and Jobsplus (for those aged 16-63 years old who are actively ‘looking for work). The numbers [between the three databases] don’t match. The biggest challenge has been that in order to enter each one of the registers you have to go in front of a board for an assessment. But the assessments are not the same,” the researcher explains.‘
FULL ARTICLE: https://www.equaltimes.org/making-workplace-disability-quotas?lang=en#.YBRn8uhKg2z
Tonio Axisa 