Case Studies on Employment of People with Disabilities in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Spain

This study provides a general picture of the social integration and employment of people with disabilities in Spain, including the main aspects of the position with regard to legislation, the economy and relevant associations. It also anaylses the way in which three particular people with disabilities have been integrated in companies on the ordinary labour market. Studies for this project were conducted in six Member States. National research teams were given the opportunity to conduct the case-study research in accordance with their own views and experience and following their own approach and methodologies, the aim being to take into account the particular context of the country and each enterprise. They considered the process by which an employer identifies a need to employ someone, a person with a disability seeks employment, and a contractual relationship is established and maintained.