State must make efforts to employ disabled: president of Disabled Union from Moldova

The state should make efforts so that the Moldovan disabled are employed, not marginalized, said the president of the Disable Union from Moldova, Vitalie Covaliov, at a round table, Info-Prim Neo reports. According to him, the disabled able to work must be registered first. “When I disabled person is employed, he should not be given a trial term and the working day should be one hour shorter,” Covaliov underlined. According to Victor Panus, a disabled since childhood, their greatest problem is to get employed. “Although I studied a lot to become a doctor in pedagogical science, I work as a teacher of chess now,” he said. The disabled criticized the new draft education code for restricting the employment of disabled. There are 168,000 disabled in Moldova receiving pensions between 400 and 800 lei monthl.