Employers of disabled get stimulus
Print Edition
The Beijing municipal government has increased subsidies for employers of disabled people to encourage employment of disadvantaged groups.
Beginning this month, employers of disabled people in Beijing will receive annual subsidies up to eight times the amount of the capital’s minimum wage, a 140-percent hike.
“The subsidy for each disabled person we employ has been raised from 7,000 yuan (US$1,700) to 16,000 yuan. This will benefit 50 of our staff,” said Guo Dapeng, general manager of a medical technology firm.
The subsidies can be used for income, welfare, social security, insurance, vocational training for the disabled, as well as improving wheelchair accessible facilities in the workplace.
“The new policy lessens the burden on employers of disabled people and will raise their willingness to hire more of them,” said Wang Yuenan, of the Beijing Disabled Persons’ Federation.
As of May this year, Beijing had 188,600 registered disabled people of working age, with 58,300 of them unemployed.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
