Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 24
By Anvar Mammadov – Trend:
Employers should create necessary conditions for disabled people in Azerbaijan, Salim Muslumov, the country’s minister of labor and social protection of population, told reporters in Baku Nov. 24.
The minister noted that at present, some employers are not ready to create these conditions.
“Some employers don’t want to spend money on people with disabilities,” he said. “We must address this issue jointly. In accordance with the Azerbaijani legislation, half of job quotas are provided for people with disabilities. However, these quotas are not respected today. Absence of serious financial sanctions is one of the reasons for that.”
Muslumov added that this problem should be solved by changing public opinion.
“We need to understand that people with disabilities are citizens just like us and we need to provide conditions for them to lead professional activity and normal life,” he said.