Realizing a Disability Workforce to be Ready to Compete in Job Market

Abstract

Indonesia is one of the countries that promote equal rights without any discriminatory behavior. However, in practice, discrimination still often occurs, especially for people with disabilities (PWDs) in entering the labor market. Realizing a disabled workforce to be ready to compete in the labor market is one of the challenges for the workers themselves, the government, and even the world. It is undeniable that in the current era of globalization, workers (disabled and non-disabled) are required to work effectively and have a complex workload. For this reason, it is necessary to know that there are several aspects that can affect the absorption of the workforce with disabilities, namely internal and external factors. This paper uses a literature study research method by looking for various theoretical references related to the problems discussed. So, this paper describes the challenges that will be faced by the disabled workforce, the influencing factors, and the efforts that can be made. BPS noted that the male workforce with disabilities in rural areas participated more in the Indonesian labor market. Most of them work in the agricultural sector as well as the informal sector with wages below 2 million rupiah. When compared to non-disabled workers, the majority of them work in the trade and service sector with wages above 2 million rupiah. This is very inversely proportional to triggering a gap between disabled and non-disabled workers. From this, attention and the role of the government, the private sector, and other social elements are needed to reduce the gap in the participation of the disabled workforce.