It is a gloomy prognosis for wheelchair users in the Danish labor market, a new 2019 analysis shows that they are being pre-rejected from 62% of potential jobs!
Loose-loose for all parties
Incita has recently conducted a 2019 review of Danish employers and vulnerable unemployed, which gives an indication of how inclusive or excludsive employers are towards vulnerable unemployed. To the questions "Are there issues that in themselves disqualify a person for an internship at your workplace? Would you reject an offer for a meeting with someone with the following difficulties?" the answer is on average yes from 62% concerning wheelchair users.
You can almost call it a loose-loose for all parties, employers miss out on potentially good stable employees in a high pressure employee market for most industries. And the potential employee misses a good opportunity for a job.
The expense is not solely the employers
It is a misunderstanding if you think that employers need to stand alone with the costs of establishing an elevator or lift solution. In the vast majority of municipalities, they are positive about subsidies for a solution, as they then have the opportunity to get the potential employee into a job. We have recently been involved in an inquiry with this particular type of solution where a wheelchair user would like to have a job at a renowned car dealership, therefore they sought support from the municipality for a lift solution in order for the employee to be able to access the office located on the 1st floor.
The link between the challenge and solution
HYDRO-CON has often been the link for this challenge to succeed! Our products provide accessibility for everyone, whether you choose a stairlift solution or an elevator solution. And with 30 years of industry expertise, we are also able to offer consultancy on exactly which solutions are the best for you. We have a broad repertoire of reference projects where we have been a player / solution to this setup, including - Incita ITSELF who has used our solution! We have set up a stairlift for people transport just a few months ago in connection with their training room, pictures are shown below.
Read more about the Incita analysis here:
- https://www.incita.dk/Incita-Aarhus/Resultater/Arbejdsgiveranalysen-2019