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Vulnerable groups in working life: disabled workers in Turkey

Autores/as: D SEZGIN, MN ESIN

In occupational health services, there are some vulnerable groups that might be effected by risks they encounter in their working life. They are seasonal agricultural workers, children, women, elderly workers, as well as disabled individuals. The rate of disabled workers is 14.3 per cent in Turkey. However, even though there are legislative regulations for employees who are disabled, studies show that those individuals face many problems such as unemployment, different payment policies, ...