with Disability R.A No. 7277, as amended PWD CENSUS CY 2010
About 16 per thousand of the country’s population had
disability. Of the 92.1 million household population in the country, 1,443 thousand persons or 1.57 percent had disability, based on the 2010 Census of Population and Housing (2010 CPH). Declaration of Policy Disabled persons are part of the Philippine society. State shall adopt policies ensuring the rehabilitation, self- development and self-reliance of disabled persons. It shall develop their skills and potentials to enable them to compete favorably for available opportunities. Disabled persons have the same rights as other people to take their proper place in society. The rehabilitation of the disabled persons shall be the concern of the Government. Who are Person with Disability
Disabled persons are those suffering from
restriction or different abilities, as a result of a mental, physical or sensory impairment, to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being. Right to Equal Opportunity for Employment A. Equal Opportunity for Employment. B. Sheltered Employment C. Apprenticeship D. Vocational Rehabilitation E. Non-Formal Education PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST DISABLED PERSONS No entity, whether public or private, shall discriminate against a qualified disabled person by reason of disability in regard to job application procedures, the hiring, promotion, or discharge of employees, employee compensation, job training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. ACTS OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION (a) Limiting, segregating or classifying a disabled job applicant in such a manner that adversely affects his work opportunities; (b) Using qualification standards, employment tests or other selection criteria that screen out or tend to screen out a disabled person unless such standards, tests or other selection criteria are shown to be job-related for the position in question and are consistent with business necessity; ACTS OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION (c) Utilizing standards, criteria, or methods of administration that: (1) have the effect of discrimination on the basis of disability; or (2) perpetuate the discrimination of others who are subject to common administrative control.
(d) Providing less compensation, such as salary, wage or other forms
of remuneration and fringe benefits, to a qualified disabled employee, by reason of his disability, than the amount to which a non-disabled person performing the same work is entitled; ACTS OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION (e) Favoring a non-disabled employee over a qualified disabled employee with respect to promotion, training opportunities, study and scholarship grants, solely on account of the latter's disability; (f) Re-assigning or transferring a disabled employee to a job or position he cannot perform by reason of his disability; (g) Dismissing or terminating the services of a disabled employee by reason of his disability unless the employer can prove that he impairs the satisfactory performance of the work involved to the prejudice of the business entity: Provided, however, That the employer first sought to provide reasonable accommodations for disabled persons; ACTS OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION (h) Failing to select or administer in the most effective manner employment tests which accurately reflect the skills, aptitude or other factor of the disabled applicant or employee that such tests purports to measure, rather than the impaired sensory, manual or speaking skills of such applicant or employee, if any; and (i) Excluding disabled persons from membership in labor unions or similar organizations. Benefits provided by R.A 10524
At least one percent (1%) of all positions in all government agencies,
offices or corporations shall be reserved for persons with disability: Provided, That private corporations with more than one hundred (100) employees are encouraged to reserve at least one percent (1%) of all positions for persons with disability.