ANNUAL REPORT 2015
When asked what needs to be done before universal application of minium wage, 27.9%
responded that the Ministry of Health and Welfare needs to allocate more budget for its
occupational rehabilitation project to support the reinforcement of manpower in the facilities;
26.3% responded that facilities that are excluded from minimum wage requirements should be
established where the severely disabled may work; and 22.6% responded that revisions in the
legislations should be made to allow them to spend the subsidy to encourage employment from
the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) on salaries or operational costs.
G. Survey for the promotion of educational rights of disabled infants and young
children
For the promotion of educational rights for disabled infants and young children, the
Commission conducted a survey from April to November on managers, teachers, and parents of
the students in kindergarten attached to special education schools, general kindergarten, daycare
centers specialized for children with disability, and general daycare centers.
The result suggested that the rights of the disabled infants and children were relatively
satisfying the desired level in those educational institutions. Of the respondents, 19% replied that
they experienced a violation of human rights against disabled infants and children. In the larger
criterium, physical violence accounted for 10.2%, verbal violence for 6.9%, bullying for 6.7%,
infringement on privacy for 5%, educational neglect for 2.6%, and sexual violence for 0.7%.
In the smaller criterium, beating accounted for 7.5%, teasing for 6.1%, corporal punishment
for 5.6%, alienation for 4.9%, infringement on portrait rights for 4.2%, insults for 3.21%, and
educational neglect for 2.1%.
Of the respondents, 9.4% replied that they experienced discrimination due to disability. In the
larger criterium of discrimination, refusal to provide due conveniences accounted for 6.3%, and
discrimination of educational opportunities for 5.3%. In the smaller criterium, refusal to provide
supportive personnel accounted for 4%, refusal to provide commuting support for 3%, exclusion
from outdoor activities for 3%, rejection of admission for 2.6%, exclusion from indoor activities
for 2.4%, and refusal to provide course materials for 2.5%.
H. Survey on human rights situation of non-regular workers in the private sector
(focusing on workers in special types of employment)
Among different types of temporary employment, workers in special types of employment (the
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