Are IT Companies Required to Hire a Certain Percentage of Physically Challenged Employees?

Is there any provision in IT companies that they are expected to provide employment to a minimum percentage of staff who are physically handicapped or challenged individuals? Can you please let me know if you have any information about this?

Hi,

There is an Act called "Persons with Disabilities and Equal Opportunities Act" 1995. As per the provisions under this Act, 3% reservation is to be provided to visually handicapped, hearing impaired, and orthopedically handicapped persons, in posts which have been identified and earmarked for handicapped persons.

Please go through this Act and examine its applicability to your industry.

Cyril

Hello,

The act being referred to is THE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, PROTECTION OF RIGHTS AND FULL PARTICIPATION) ACT, 1995. The said act applies to central government establishments and state government establishments but not to private employers' establishments. If you are not a government establishment, then you are not bound by it and are free to choose not to recruit persons with disabilities.

P. M. Patel

Hi Asha,

Hiring "challenged" staff is good practice (do not refer to them as disabled). At HCL, we had several people who were deaf or mute working in HR itself. I recommend visiting the website of the Rehabilitation Council of India for more details. Additionally, there is an NGO named SAMARTHYA that conducts audits for barrier-free infrastructure.

Surya

OK. Svarana says that HCL hires deaf and dumb people in HR - please change the language to hearing and speech impaired.

Let me know how these differently abled folks are trained for the job.

Surya, I myself am hearing challenged and am a post-graduate too. It's okay about the error, but I am curious to know how you train the hearing and speech-impaired individuals in HR jobs. I am soon considering shifting to HR. Please help me out. Also, I have posted one more topic related to HR. Could you please answer that too? It's related to education.

Dear Team,

I hope all is well. I kindly noticed that a few words need help as I am physically challenged due to Polio affecting my right lower leg. Are there any openings for Disability Hiring? I have over 3 years of experience in IT Recruitment, specifically in Domestic hiring.

If you provide me with your email address, I will send you my updated profile. You can view my profile at: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view...ve_tab_profile

Thank you very much.

Regards, Mohammed Khalid Pasha [Email Removed For Privacy Reasons] [Phone Number Removed For Privacy Reasons] - Hyderabad, INDIA

I'm physically handicapped. A few years back, I got into an accident, and as a result, my leg was injured. Basically, I'm looking for a job in the IT industry. I have a BTECH in CSE, so I am searching for a programming job in IT companies. Please help me as I feel like I have completely lost my career. I need assistance to pull myself up in my career from under this tragedy tunnel.

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