Ending disability segregated employment: ‘modern slavery’ law and disabled people's human right to work
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication Type:
- Journal Article
- Citation:
- International Journal of Law in Context, 2023
- Issue Date:
- 2023-02-15
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Disability segregated employment (also referred to as ‘sheltered workshops’) violates disabled people’s
human right to work and employment. This article argues that modern slavery law might serve as one
part of a broader strategy to end disability segregated employment, ensure accountability for the injustices
within them and ensure equal access to open employment opportunities for disabled people. This is on
the basis that disability segregated employment can be understood as a form of labour exploitation under
modern slavery law – specifically forced labour and servitude. Modern slavery law is a useful legal tool to
unseat deeply entrenched ableist attitudes of disability segregated employment as beneficial and necessary
and build corporate/charity, public and government momentum towards the transition away from disabil ity segregated employment, even if this particular area of law cannot itself legally compel the closure of
sheltered workshops and an increase in open employment opportunities for disabled people.
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