From disabled people’s right to work to the duty to work? : changes in Swiss disability policy and its implementation at the cantonal level

Benelli, Natalie; Zurbuchen, Antonin; Kuehni, Morgane; Streckeisen, Peter; Greppi, Spartaco

doi:10.21256/zhaw-28910

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Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	From disabled people’s right to work to the duty to work? : changes in Swiss disability policy and its implementation at the cantonal level
Authors:	Benelli, Natalie Zurbuchen, Antonin Kuehni, Morgane Streckeisen, Peter Greppi, Spartaco
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.21256/zhaw-28910
Published in:	Social Work & Society
Volume(Issue):	21
Issue:	1
Issue Date:	2023
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	University of Wuppertal
ISSN:	1613-8953
Language:	English
Subjects:	Disability legislation; Activation policy; Right to work; Labor market participation
Subject (DDC):	331: Labor economics 361: Social work and welfare
Abstract:	The article discusses the current shift in Switzerland's disability policy from the right to work (in a sheltered workshop) for disability pensioners to the duty to work in the labour market for people with disabilities, whether they have a disability pension or not. The analysis of Swiss disability legislation and its implementation in the cantons of Basel-City, Ticino and Vaud shows that federal and cantonal disability policy questions the social and economic rights attached to a disability pension, in particular the right to be freed of the obligation to participate in the labour market, the right to be freed of the obligation to participate in welfare-to-work programmes in exchange for disability benefits, the right to work in a sheltered workshop and the right to supplementary benefits. These rights are being replaced by the (moral) duty for people with disabilities to integrate the labour market, with little chance of successful integration.
URI:	https://ejournals.bib.uni-wuppertal.de/index.php/sws/article/view/846 https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/28910
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Departement:	Social Work
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Diversity and Social Integration (IVGT)
Published as part of the ZHAW project:	Die Rolle des Staates bei der Segmentierung des Arbeitsmarktes: eine qualitative Untersuchung des Ergänzenden Arbeitsmarktes in den Kantonen Basel-Stadt, Tessin und Waadt
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Benelli, N., Zurbuchen, A., Kuehni, M., Streckeisen, P., & Greppi, S. (2023). From disabled people’s right to work to the duty to work? : changes in Swiss disability policy and its implementation at the cantonal level. Social Work & Society, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-28910

Benelli, N. et al. (2023) ‘From disabled people’s right to work to the duty to work? : changes in Swiss disability policy and its implementation at the cantonal level’, Social Work & Society, 21(1). Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-28910.

N. Benelli, A. Zurbuchen, M. Kuehni, P. Streckeisen, and S. Greppi, “From disabled people’s right to work to the duty to work? : changes in Swiss disability policy and its implementation at the cantonal level,” Social Work & Society, vol. 21, no. 1, 2023, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-28910.

BENELLI, Natalie, Antonin ZURBUCHEN, Morgane KUEHNI, Peter STRECKEISEN und Spartaco GREPPI, 2023. From disabled people’s right to work to the duty to work? : changes in Swiss disability policy and its implementation at the cantonal level. Social Work & Society [online]. 2023. Bd. 21, Nr. 1. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-28910. Verfügbar unter: https://ejournals.bib.uni-wuppertal.de/index.php/sws/article/view/846

Benelli, Natalie, Antonin Zurbuchen, Morgane Kuehni, Peter Streckeisen, and Spartaco Greppi. 2023. “From Disabled People’s Right to Work to the Duty to Work? : Changes in Swiss Disability Policy and Its Implementation at the Cantonal Level.” Social Work & Society 21 (1). https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-28910.

Benelli, Natalie, et al. “From Disabled People’s Right to Work to the Duty to Work? : Changes in Swiss Disability Policy and Its Implementation at the Cantonal Level.” Social Work & Society, vol. 21, no. 1, 2023, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-28910.