Problems that employers face in employment of people with disabilities in turkey and suggestions of solution: The case of Yalova

Unemployment, it has become more important for individuals to acquire a job that they dream of and to keep it steady day after day. Disabled individuals are affected more by this situation compared to non-disabled and healthy people. Many countries, including Turkey as well, implement employment policies in order to minimize adverse effects of disablement which are considered as disadvantage and to provide support for disabled individuals. It has been observed that the employment policies directed towards people of disabilities are shaped on the basis of complications that disabled individuals experience in getting a job and a supplyoriented approach like that has not been adequate. Furthermore, demand oriented approaches are needed where problems and expectations of employers who are the most important actors of employment process are analyzed and thus implemented. In this study, by dealing with the complications in the employment process of people with disabilities and employment policies in great detail, a field research, directed towards the problems experienced by employers who constitute aspect of demand in labor market, was conducted. According to the findings, it was determined that the current legal regulations are not adequate, there is a meaningful relation between vacancies and hazard classes of sector and workplace and that it is necessary to establish different methods of employment which can be alternative to mandatory quota application in employment of disabled people. The study is comprised of three chapters. In the first chapter, conceptual framework was discussed and types of disabilities, primary models explaining disabilities and methods of employment of people with disabilities were mentioned. In the second chapter, the legal regulations oriented towards employment of disabled people in Turkey and the activities by the institutions which possess the role of enforcing policies of employment of disabled individuals, were investigated in great detail. In the third chapter, by analyzing the findings from the field research which are resulted from the complications that employers experience in employment of people with disabilities, a general assessment was established. In the final chapter, in the light of current literature research and the findings of the study, certain solutions were suggested.