The right to work aids for people with disabilities

The aim of the project is to investigate which criteria are established under current law for the employer and the state through AF and FK to offer work aids to disabled people who are seeking or striving to retain gainful employment. Such work aids are intended both to compensate for the disabled person's reduced ability to work and to adapt the work environment so that it is accessible to him or her. This purpose also includes examining the conditions under which the legal system for work aids promotes the fundamental principle of equal opportunities for work in the sense of actual equality. This principle means that all obstacles should be removed as far as possible so that disabled people can compete on equal terms. A review of the existing legal framework shows that it is scattered, diffuse, incomplete, contradictory and ineffective. The legislator does not define the concepts of disability and work aids, nor does the legislator specify how the state's responsibility for work aids is divided between AF and FK and how these authorities relate to employers. In addition, access to judicial review of decisions on work aids is limited. This shortcoming has resulted in many disabled people being left without work aids, which in turn contributes to unemployment and sick leave. In these circumstances, a fundamental analysis of the regulatory framework is needed, mainly on the basis of guiding legal decisions.