Compliance with the legislation currently in force is a main requirement for all the companies defined as socially responsible.
In the area of employment of people with disabilties, this means mainly two things:
- Compliance with existing national legislation on employment quotas for people with disabilities, where this legislation exists.
- Compliance with equal treatment legislation which forbids all discrimination on grounds of disability among others. This legislation is to be found in all EU countries, as a result of the European directive 2000/78 on equal treatment in the workplace.
- CSR-D goes… …beyond compliance with legal obligations.
Now we are going to go over the meaning of complying with this legislation and we will suggest ways to go beyond strict compliance with the legal text.