The employer's perspective: employment of people with disabilities in wage subsidized employments

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Meaning unitsCondensed meaning units, description close to the textCondensed meaning units, interpretation of underlying meaningSub-themeThemeIn high school … it was an eye-opener … a lot of youth with disabilities … cerebral palsy … wheelchairs … some couldn't talk … couldn't control their bodies … but they were as smart as, if not smarter than, me and completely aware of their surroundings, and that was a real eye-opener. Maybe that's why I like to make it easier (in working life) for people with disabilities.School was an eye-opener for me as I realized that people with different disabilities were both smart and aware of their surroundings, and this has formed my willingness to helpUnderstanding has gone from negative stereotypes of disability to seeing people with disabilities as skilledPrevious experienceAttitudeHe is a pleasant and polite young man, a valued colleague, helpful. He never says no to an assignment – he does it happily.He is a socially skilled employee with a willingness to workThe employee is valued because he has the social skills suiting the employer's needs and he acts in a helpful mannerHelpfulness/readinessThe right personWe have very many petty jobs.. sitting and cleaning small plugs.. it's a lot of working with your hands, and such a thing is, of course, extremely expensive to pay for.. we have jobs for virtually everyone, regardless of disability.. there is always something to doThe working tasks suiting people with disabilities in the workplace are low-skilled working tasks in the form of petty jobs which are expensive to pay forThe cost of production is lower if you hire subsidized labour in low-skilled petty jobs which are seen as suitable for people with disabilitiesLow-skilled working tasksSuitable jobsyou may only pay 20% (of the salary) the first and the second year..if I can make money, then it becomes interestingIf you just pay 20% of the salary during first years of employment, it is an interesting economical affairEmploying subsidized labour is a good deal because you get more productivity than you pay forWage subsidiesImportant conditionsHe gets very, very stressed out when he doesn't handle the job.. then he wants a lot more time than the others need.. and we have to let him have it, because it's a wage-subsidized job, so we can actually do so …An accommodated work situation is allowed because of subsidized employmentAn accommodated work situation is acceptable if someone else is paying for itAccommodationImportant conditions