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VOL. 4, ISSUE 5 (2018)
A study on quality of work life balance among disability employees (with special reference to selected private organizations in Coimbatore region)
Authors
Dinesh S
Abstract
A disability may be visible or hidden, may be permanent or temporary and may have a minimal or substantial impact on a person's abilities. The term disability also refers to people who have a mental illness or medical condition, such as diabetes, epilepsy or HIV/AIDS. 88% of disabilities are invisible. Although some people are born with disability, many people who currently have a disability may have spent much of their lives without it. For example, people who have acquired their disability through a workplace incident, car accident, illness and/or ageing. Even though India is a signatory to the UNCRPD, its provisions are yet to be translated into national laws and policies for people with disabilities. The enactment of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 is considered a watershed development in the history of the Disability rights movement in India. However, the act talks about prevention and rehabilitation with special focus on education and employment for people with disabilities and there is no mention of sexual or reproductive rights of people with disabilities. Preceding the Persons with Disabilities act, 1995, two regulations were enacted in India with reference to disabilities. These acts do not talk in great detail about sexual and reproductive health and rights of people with disabilities and direct provisions for them though they can be expanded to include them. Though if we look at and expand provision number 11, revocation of License, the act refers to the wellbeing of the patient saying that if the service provided is ‘detrimental to the moral, mental or physical wellbeing of other in-patients, the license can be revoked.’ This aspect of ‘wellbeing’ can possibly be expanded to include issues of sexual and reproductive health and rights. Quality of work life refers to the level of happiness or dissatisfaction with one's career. Those who enjoy their careers are said to have a high quality of work life, while those who are unhappy or whose needs are otherwise unfilled are said to have low quality of work life. Quality of life is defined as the level of enjoyment in a person's life. In general, it is based on many factors. At a minimum, a person's basic needs must be met for them to have a high quality of life they must be generally healthy, have enough to eat and have a place to live. Once a person's basic needs are met, their own personality, their desires and their level of personal fulfilment largely determine that person’s quality of life. Hence in this research an attempt was made to study the quality of work life of persons with disabilities working in private organisations in Coimbatore.
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Pages:125-130
How to cite this article:
Dinesh S "A study on quality of work life balance among disability employees (with special reference to selected private organizations in Coimbatore region)". International Journal of Commerce and Management Research, Vol 4, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 125-130
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