The disabled persons (employment) act, 1944 : registration / [Ministry of Labour and National Service].

  • Ministry of Labour and National Service
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1945
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    Peete io il) PERSONS Semi Lary MENT) ACT, 1944 REGISTRATION (Note: The schemes described in this leaflet are for the benefit of women, and boys and girls above school leaving age, as well as for men. The leaflet should be read in this sense). Introduction I. THE OBJECT of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act, 1944, is to assist men and women who are handicapped by some form of disablement to get employment or work which is suitable for them and makes the best use of their skill. Experience has shown that the great majority of the disabled can take their place with others in the ordinary work of the country and with a careful choice of occupation can hold their own in normal competition with their fellows. The most important provisions of the Act are :— (1) Courses of Vocational Training and Industrial Rehabilitation— designed especially for those who need to learn a new profession, trade, or occupation, or who require a special course to help their return to work after hospital treatment for injury or sickness. (2) Assistance towards ordinary employment—through a re- quirement on employers to engage a proportion of disabled persons. (3) Employment under special conditions—for the more severely disabled who are unable to stand up to the working conditions of competitive employment. II. THIS LEAFLET deals only with (2) above ; information about (1) and (3) can be obtained at any Employment Exchange or other Local Office of the Ministry of Labour and National Service. There are various other schemes of interest to disabled people such as Re- instatement in Civil Employment and Grants to set up in business on their own account, (for those who have served in H.M. Forces), the provision of artificial limbs, etc. Information about these schemes can also be obtained from any of the Ministry’s Local Offices. Wt. 24807/9089 750m 8/45 A.W. & Co,Ltd 51-6393
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