Measures for Implementing the Scheme

Participating organisations of the Scheme may implement one or more measure(s) to promote the employment of persons with disabilities. Examples of the relevant measures are as follows:

1. To introduce policies and measures to ensure equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities;
2. To employ persons with disabilities;
3. To publish periodically in corporate publications/publicity materials (e.g. annual reports and websites) on the number of employees with disabilities and on measures or indicators pertaining to the employment of persons with disabilities;
4. To provide a barrier-free working environment and assistive devices for employees with disabilities to facilitate their performance of duties;
5. To make reasonable and appropriate adjustments to the work process according to the special needs of the employees with disabilities (e.g. re-engineering the work process and place employees with disabilities in suitable jobs having regard to their disability conditions, introducing flexitime, or outsourcing suitable jobs such as graphic design, word processing and computer programming to home-based and self-employed persons with disabilities);
6. To participate in various on-the-job training and support programmes organised by the Social Welfare Department (SWD) and/or the Labour Department (LD), or offer apprenticeship schemes or similar measures in order to provide training and job opportunities for persons with disabilities;
7. To launch mentorship schemes or similar measures to impart knowledge and skills (e.g. bakery and handicrafts) to trainees with disabilities, or assign mentors to help new recruits with disabilities acquire job skills, adapt to the working environment and build rapport with their colleagues;
8. To use products or services (e.g. catering and cleaning) provided by rehabilitation social enterprises and workshops, suppliers employing persons with disabilities, or self-employed persons with disabilities;
9. To set up non-profit-making social enterprises to employ persons with disabilities;
10. To set up simulated workplaces (e.g. hotel guest rooms for housekeeping training) in collaboration with non-governmental organisations to provide induction training for persons with disabilities;
11. To set aside shops or stalls for social enterprises or self-employed persons with disabilities to run business or sell their products;
12. To create new job or posts (full-time and part-time) with due consideration to the work abilities of persons with disabilities thereby enhancing their employment opportunities; and
13. To participate in publicity and public education activities for the open employment of persons with disabilities (e.g. introducing the Scheme to members and business partners; participating in employers’ experience sharing sessions, media interviews; and production of publicity photos or videos, etc.).