NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – July 2022 still low. ㅇ In addition, as of 2021, the mandatory employment rate was 3.4% of regular workers for public sector and 3.1% for private sector. However, disability rate is now over 5% which was 2.22% in 1991 when the mandatory employment for the disabled was first implemented, and the mandatory employment rate should be adjusted in line with disability rate. ㅇ According to the 2021 Survey on Economic Activity of Persons with Disabilities(Employment Development Institute, Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities, 2021), the employment rate of women with disabilities in 2021 is 22.2%, half of 43.8% of men with disabilities. Compared to the employment rate of women in general, the employment rate of women with disabilities was 22.7% in 2020, which is less than half of the employment rate of women in general during the same period which was 50.7%. The government pays 150,000 won more as employment incentives for women with mild disabilities and 200,000 won more for women with severe disabilities than for men with disabilities, but the actual effect of promoting employment for women with disabilities is not felt. ㅇ According to the 2018 ‘Survey on the Right to Work of Women with Disabilities’ conducted by the Korea Differently Abled Women United, even highly educated women with disabilities were out of reach of “decent jobs” or did not even have a chance to work at all, and many of them are having difficulties in finding jobs due to ‘lack of vocational training, technology and experience(27.6%).’ □ Recommendations ㅇ To promote employment of persons with disabilities, adjust employment levy and the mandatory employment rate of persons with disabilities in consideration of the disability rate. ㅇ To promote employment of women with disabilities, separate measures should be devised including enhancement of education and training as well as career development. 48