NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – July 2022 wage reached an all-time high of 9,413 in 2018 from 7,006 in 2015, and still remains at the 9,000 range. That is, the figure increased by 29.3% compared to 2015.32 ㅇ As of the end of 2020, the average monthly wage of disabled workers excluded from the minimum wage is 370,000 won, which is only 20.7% of the minimum wage, and 80.2% of the disabled who do not receive the minimum wage are persons with psychosocial disabilities. ㅇ Other major OECD countries are implementing a “subsidized employment system” under which the government subsidizes some of the wages to guarantee the minimum wage of persons with disabilities so that persons with severe disabilities under protective employment do not receive compensation below the minimum wage due to productivity, and the 1st Concluding Observation of the Committee recommended to introduce a supplementary wage system. However, there is no such supplementary system in Korea. □ Recommendations ㅇ The government should devise detailed measures for improvement including the introduction of a ‘supplementary wage system’ so that persons with severe disabilities can receive a proper level of wage. 28-3 Sheltered workshops for persons with disabilities □ Current status and problems ㅇ As of 2020, there are 619 sheltered workshops for persons with disabilities(used by 16,147 persons with disabilities), accounting for 86% of the entire vocational rehabilitation centers. ㅇ 86.8%(7,812) of persons with disabilities excluded from the application of minimum wage are working in vocational rehabilitation centers as of 2019, and most of them are working in a sheltered workshop, receiving an average monthly wage of 370,000 won. 46