Involving all in working life : Results and recommendations from OTE key project ‘Career opportunities for people with partial work ability’
Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö
10.04.2019
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‘Career opportunities for people with partial work ability’, also known as the OTE key project, was one of the key projects of Prime Minister Juha Sipilä’s Government. The project was carried out in 2015–2018. The objective of the OTE project was to improve the labour market opportunities of people with impaired capacity for work by supporting them in continuing their work or finding new employment more easily than before. In addition, the project aimed to foster more positive and open attitudes towards greater diversity in working life.
As many as 1.9 million Finns of working age have some type of disability or chronic disease. A third of them, or about 600,000 persons, find that the disease or disability affects their work or work opportunities. The number of people with partial work ability is estimated to rise as the population ages.
The key project has, for its own part, contributed to increasing the employment rate and reducing the labour shortage. From the individual’s viewpoint, work promotes wellbeing, health and economic independence, and has a positive impact on the quality of life. People’s right to work is secured and their work identity grows stronger. This reduces inequality and poverty and increases equality in society.
The OTE key project has been a programme aiming to achieve change in society. It has helped to increase the employment rate of persons with partial work ability, promote more positive attitudes toward their access to employment, improve their access to rehabilitation, and provide publicly accessible information concerning the means, benefits and services helping people to find employment or continue working. Some legislative amendments were also made as part of the key project.
The OTE key project was carried out as a collaborative effort of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.
As many as 1.9 million Finns of working age have some type of disability or chronic disease. A third of them, or about 600,000 persons, find that the disease or disability affects their work or work opportunities. The number of people with partial work ability is estimated to rise as the population ages.
The key project has, for its own part, contributed to increasing the employment rate and reducing the labour shortage. From the individual’s viewpoint, work promotes wellbeing, health and economic independence, and has a positive impact on the quality of life. People’s right to work is secured and their work identity grows stronger. This reduces inequality and poverty and increases equality in society.
The OTE key project has been a programme aiming to achieve change in society. It has helped to increase the employment rate of persons with partial work ability, promote more positive attitudes toward their access to employment, improve their access to rehabilitation, and provide publicly accessible information concerning the means, benefits and services helping people to find employment or continue working. Some legislative amendments were also made as part of the key project.
The OTE key project was carried out as a collaborative effort of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.