The main problems with the implementation of the international standards for the employment of persons with disabilities in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Abstract

At present, the issue of employment is a cornerstone for all groups of the population around the globe. A job has a direct relation with the living standards or survival of a contemporary individual. However, for people with disabilities labor problem is more severe than for others. As a rule, representatives of this group are not able to obtain appropriate work without the aid of the state. At this stage, for the necessary provision of human rights for disabled people, the state must possess legislation that corresponds to the international standards and mechanisms of its implementation. The article traces the problems of the disabled people’s employment in the Republic of Kazakhstan and provides the foreign experience in this area to be possibly adopted by the Kazakhstan state.
The present research aims to identify the basic international trends in labor and human rights legislation for people with disabilities, and includes the analysis of the international conventions, a review of the successful foreign experience, as well as local legislation in the labor area for disabled people. It also assesses the steps of the Republic of Kazakhstan to bring its legislation in correspondence with the international standards and elaborates on recommendations for the improvement of the current situation in the labor area for disabled people.
Unlike most studies used as support material for this research, the present article not only specifies the problems of job issues for the disabled people but also gives recommendations on how to amend the current legislation to make the process of jobs getting to people with disabilities more favorable. The actuality and novelty of the research are also supported by the recommendations on the creation of beneficial conditions by the employers to attract and hire disabled employees on the proper basis, excluding potential grounds for social exclusion and discrimination of the latter in their workplace.