Employment for people with disabilities

Belgrade, May 10. 2010 (Serbia Today) From  May 24, Serbian companies employing 20 or more workers, will be obliged to employ persons with disabilities. Failure to do so will cause the employers to incur a penalty equal to three times the minimum wage of each disabled person. Firms with 20 to 50 employees must employ one person with a disability. Companies with over 50 employees must employ one person with a disability for every 50 employees. This requirement obligation is mandated by the Law on Professional Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities, which was enacted in May 2009. It is estimated that about 10 percent of the world’s population constitute disabled persons. Serbia has around 700,000 people with disabilities.