KOMBU
About employment
Obtaining employment for people with disabilities is a fundamental axis for their social integration and being able to lead a full life. However, we must not forget that by hiring disabled personnel the company also obtains multiple benefits. We are not only talking about tax and economic benefits, but also about the enrichment of the corporate brand, the creation of a team with multiple skills and the increase in human capital.
Hearing disabilities
Good practices for a healthy work environment
Installation of light signals for alarms, telephones and doorbells.
Meetings organized in a circular shape to be able of reading lips of all attendees.
Live subtitling in online meetings and conferences.
Written delivery of points to be discussed before the meetings.
Delivery of written minutes at the end of the meetings..
Notices and notifications of meetings, changes and calendars by email
Raise hand every time you want to intervene in the meeting.
Facilitate a work environment without noise that interrupts communication
Avoid rooms with poor acoustics for meetings.
Psychosocial disabilities
- Always approach the person in a frank and respectful manner. Be natural and simple.
- Limit yourself to help where necessary. Allow the person to carry out the rest of the activities on their own.
- Show interest and empathy. Take time to listen to what they say and speak to them slowly and clearly.
- If that person makes a mistake, always correct them constructively and congratulate them on their achievements.
- Don't question their perceptions, feelings or experiences. Believe that person as you would believe any people without disabilities
Visual disabilities
Use technology that allows workers to adapt computers to their needs (text format, color, simultaneous reading, etc.).
Signs and posters written in Arial or Verdana font, with the highest possible contrast, avoiding use of italics and bold.
Avoid moving furniture and work materials from their usual place. Always keep the workplace tidy.
Say hello verbally every time you enter the same space as a blind colleague.
Do not touch the guide dog of a blind companion
Their form of recognition is the voice and they are capable of identifying each person perfectly.
Intellectual disability
- If you do not understand what workers with intellectual disabilities want to tell you, or they have difficulty speaking, ask them in an attentive and respectful way to repeat what they wanted to tell you.
- Always keep in mind that people with intellectual disabilities have a slower dynamic, you must respect the pace of each person to do things.
- Give verbal instructions clearly and in simple language
- The information given by writing must always be in accessible and easy to understand language.
- Try not to change the work schedules and routines of these colleagues if it is not strictly necessary.
- Value their work, congratulate them when they do a good job and listen to their proposals.
