The French research team focused on three small enterprises which at least tried, if not managed to integrate one or more disabled persons. All three enterprises were located in the economic area of the Paris Basin, where a full range of services has been established to promote the employment of
This report is intended to contribute to an overall understanding of the factors influencing decision-making around recruitment of people with disabilities in the environment for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). This report is based on the results of case studies carried out in four Irish
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
The German case studies are based on interviews with people from various firms and with experts from welfare offices and employment offices as part of the evaluation of a special labour market progamme on the occupational integration of the particularly severely disabled in 19 firms in North Rhine
The report on the Netherlands consists of two qualitative studies: a case study of 11 SMEs focusing on general company policy on the employment of staff with a work disability, and a study of three cases of successful reintegration in an SME, including a detailed description of how and why the
During the 1990s the European Union has experienced an increase both in the number of long term unemployed and, in most Member States, the proportion of unemployed people who have been without work for longer than a year. A high proportion of Member States' expenditure is spent on trying to get the
Phase Three of the Collective Bargaining and Equal Opportunities in Europe project consists of a case study. The objective of Phase III is to illuminate the process issues in collective bargaining and equal opportunities by using a national case study. Like the two earlier reports of the first and
These reports examine the labour market with regards to equal opportunities and collective bargaining in the EU. Each report focuses on one particular Member State, in this case Denmark. The overall objective of this research is to encourage social partners to take account of equal opportunities
Phase Three of the Collective Bargaining and Equal Opportunities in Europe project consists of a case study. The objective of Phase III is to illuminate the process issues in collective bargaining and equal opportunities by using a national case study. Like the two earlier reports of the first and
The purpose of this third phase of the study on equality of opportunity between men and women in Europe consists in presenting pre-selected collective agreements and analysing their history, their substance and their consequences with a view to illustrating good European practice in negotiations