Author : International Labour Office. Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 12,8 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Handicapped
ISBN : 9789221106524
Book Description
Presents a general survey on the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159) and Recommendation No. 168. Defines key terms and expressions of the instruments, and describes the provisions within the standards and the relevant national legislation in the countries that have ratified this Convention. Considers vocational rehabilitation from the stand point of social security schemes. Discusses member States' obligations to implement national policy on vocational rehabilitation, the means by which national policy can be developed and difficulties encountered by member States in the application of the instruments.