Discrimination Against Disabled People in the Workplace

Discrimination in workplace, on the basis of the disabilitythe workplace is an important consideration for most
of a person, is unlawful. Nevertheless, there is nobusiness establishments. This includes, but is not limited
denying that it exists in workplaces across the world.to, construction of special ramps for wheelchairs,
Like other forms of discrimination, this too can hamperprovision for documents written in Braille and special
the morale and self-confidence of the employee.keyboards and computers.o The Laws prohibit the
In order to safeguard the rights and interests of thecompanies and organizations from rejecting the job
disabled employees or applicants, governments acrossapplications of the applicants, solely based on their
the world have passed many laws and Acts. Thedisability. The laws explicitly put forth guidelines for
laws and acts put forth certain rules and regulations toappraisal of salary, promotions, travel on account of
be followed by organization during all aspects ofwork and separation or termination in order to
employment like recruitment process, promotion, bonus,safeguard the interests of disabled people within the
retirement benefits etc for disabled people.organization. Laws in some states make it compulsory
Some of the provisions of the laws, related tofor big corporations to appoint suitable personnel to
discrimination against disabled people in the workplaceassist the disabled employees within the company's
are as follows:o Provision of adequate infrastructure inpremises.