Rwanda
Ministerial Order determining the Modalitities of Facilitating Persons with Disabilities to Easily Access Employment
Ministerial Order 3 of 2009
- Published in Official Gazette 35 on 31 August 2009
- Assented to on 27 July 2009
- Commenced on 31 August 2009
- [This is the version of this document from 31 August 2009.]
Article One – Purpose of this Order
This Order determines the modalities of facilitating persons with disabilities to easily access employment.Article 2 – Rights of a person with disability to employment
With the exception of specific conditions referred to under this Order, a person with disabilities shall enjoy the same rights as other persons to employment and shall be offered by various employment Organs the facilitation required in the execution of work.Article 3 – Priority consideration during consideration
With respect to offering competitive employment, where a person with disability has the same results as that of a non-disabled person after competition, the person with disability should be accorded priority consideration for employment.With respect to offering non-competitive employment, when a person with disability has the same capacity as a non-disabled person, the person with disability should be accorded priority consideration for employment.No person should deny employment to a person with disability or dismiss him/her on grounds of disability.Article 4 – To sensitize persons with disabilities to create employment
After completing their secondary education, vocational training, or institutions of higher learning, persons with disabilities shall be placed on a list by the Labour Market Information System (LMIS) in order to be sensitised on seeking jobs and creating employment on the basis of their acquired knowledge and degrees of disability.Article 5 – Awards to employers who shall have offered employment to persons with disabilities
Employers who shall have offered employment to persons with disabilities up to five percent (5%) of their employees shall be officially given awards determined by the Minister in charge of labour.Article 6 – Repealing provision
All prior legal provisions contrary to this Order are hereby repealed.Article 7 – Commencement
This Order shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Rwanda.History of this document
31 August 2009 this version
Commenced
27 July 2009
Assented to