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Lithuania

Article 27 CRPD

1. States Parties recognize the right of persons with disabilities to work, on an equal basis with others; this includes the right to the opportunity to gain a living by work freely chosen or accepted in a labour market and work environment that is open, inclusive and accessible to persons with disabilities. States Parties shall safeguard and promote the realization of the right to work, including for those who acquire a disability during the course of employment, by taking appropriate steps, including through legislation, to, inter alia: a. Prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability with regard to all matters concerning all forms of employment, including conditions of recruitment, hiring and employment, continuance of employment, career advancement and safe and healthy working conditions; b. Protect the rights of persons with disabilities, on an equal basis with others, to just and favourable conditions of work, including equal opportunities and equal remuneration for work of equal value, safe and healthy working conditions, including protection from harassment, and the redress of grievances; c. Ensure that persons with disabilities are able to exercise their labour and trade union rights on an equal basis with others; d. Enable persons with disabilities to have effective access to general technical and vocational guidance programmes, placement services and vocational and continuing training; e. Promote employment opportunities and career advancement for persons with disabilities in the labour market, as well as assistance in finding, obtaining, maintaining and returning to employment; f. Promote opportunities for self-employment, entrepreneurship, the development of cooperatives and starting one’s own business; g. Employ persons with disabilities in the public sector; h. Promote the employment of persons with disabilities in the private sector through appropriate policies and measures, which may include affirmative action programmes, incentives and other measures; i. Ensure that reasonable accommodation is provided to persons with disabilities in the workplace; j. Promote the acquisition by persons with disabilities of work experience in the open labour market; k. Promote vocational and professional rehabilitation, job retention and return-to-work programmes for persons with disabilities.

2. States Parties shall ensure that persons with disabilities are not held in slavery or in servitude, and are protected, on an equal basis with others, from forced or compulsory labour. 

The information contained in this report was compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability experts (ANED) in 2018.
The information contained in this report was compiled by the Academic network of European disability experts (ANED) in 2017.
Implementation of employment strategies affecting disabled people and the mainstreaming of disability in national policies
Date: 18 April 2011. Topics
Compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) - state of affairs up to November 2009
Date: 10 February 2011. Topics
The information contained in this report was compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability experts (ANED) in May 2009.
Date: 10 February 2011. Topics