In Irkutsk region in 2013 they plan to create 248 jobs for people with disabilities under a special employment support program. Employers were increased reimbursement for equipping such jobs, and about 16.5 million rubles will be allocated for compensation this year. The report also tells how enterprises are helped to equip jobs and how employment centers refer disabled people to work.

In the Irkutsk Region, 248 jobs for people with disabilities will be created in 2013. The organization of workplaces is being carried out within the framework of the departmental target program “Assistance in Employment of Unemployed Disabled Persons, Parents of Large Families, and Parents Raising Disabled Children, in Workplaces Equipped for Them in the Irkutsk Region for 2013–2015.” Today, specialists from the ministry and the Irkutsk employment center visited a number of enterprises that were allocated subsidies under the program in 2012 to reimburse the costs of purchasing, installing, and setting up equipment for equipping workplaces for the employment of unemployed disabled persons.
It is worth noting that this year the amount of reimbursement for expenses incurred by employers for equipping workplaces for people with disabilities has been increased, amounting to 100 thousand rubles for people with Group I disabilities, 72 thousand rubles for those with Group II disabilities, and 65 thousand rubles for those with Group III disabilities. In total, in 2013 it is planned to return about 16.5 million rubles to organizations that have taken a disabled person into their workforce.
In addition, according to the Russian Federation Law “On Employment in the Russian Federation,” employers are required to submit monthly to employment authorities information on the availability of vacant jobs created or allocated for the employment of disabled persons in accordance with the established quota. Based on the information provided by the employer, employment centers issue referrals to disabled persons for work.
Based on materials from the press service of the Government of the Irkutsk Region