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View all search resultsRegions must have disability employment units under new regulation
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has signed a government regulation that requires regional administrations to have special units for the employment of people with disabilities.
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resident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has signed a government regulation that requires regional administrations to have a disability service unit (ULD) on manpower that provides support for the employment of people with disabilities.
Government Regulation No. 60/2020 on the service unit, signed by Jokowi on Oct. 13, mandates that regional manpower agencies at the provincial as well as municipality or regency level have a ULD, which will operate under state and regional budgets.
These units are tasked with protecting the right to work for people with disabilities and providing support for workers with disabilities as well as for workplaces that provide jobs for them. This includes the provision of equipment to support disabled workers.
The units are also expected to provide information to government offices and private businesses regarding nondiscriminatory recruitment.
According to the regulation, the ULD must be run by civil servants and disability support workers “who have knowledge, skills and sensitivity in disability issues.”
Indonesian Association of People with Physical Disabilities (PPDFI) chairman Mahmud Fasa lauded the government for issuing the long-anticipated regulation.
He conveyed his hope that the establishment of the employment units would support the fulfillment of the 1 percent quota at private businesses and 2 percent quota in government and state-owned enterprises offices reserved for people with disabilities, as mandated by the 2016 Disability Law.
