Olga Bezpalko, Director of the Ukrzaliznytsia Social Policy Department, tells about the practice of employing people with disabilities
Our company is very large, it has about 240 thousand employees, and close to 8,500 are people with disabilities.
We do not divide our employees by whether or not they have a disability. All employees are equal, all work in equal conditions and receive their wages accordingly. Our conscious choice is that when a person with a grave form of disability is unable to perform their full range of duties in a certain position, we are prepared to reduce that list of duties. Of course, we add to the staffing schedule a position intended for a person with a disability, with account of their specific condition, and formulate the list of duties that they can perform in that position
Ruslana Bogdanova, HR partner of the Kernel Division for production assets, tells about the practice of employing people with disabilities
Will we hire a person with a disability? Definitely, we will accept them, of course we will employ them. The main condition is that the person does not have any medical contraindications. Every person who comes here to the production facilities has to pass a medical examination. Of course, we decide whether we can hire a person, based on the results of the medical examination and in accordance with the recommendations in the MSEC certificate, and check whether that person can perform certain functions.
Valery Kushnirenko, HR partner of PrivatBank, tells about the practice of employing people with disabilities at the bank
PrivatBank employs 664 employees with disabilities, which is almost 4%. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the war, we changed our work forms and schedules. Our employees can work virtually in any conditions: from home, in the office, or while traveling.
We launched the "Equal opportunities for all" programme, aimed at promoting the inclusivity culture among the entire staff of the bank. This year we are launching a programme to support veterans. These programmes overlap in some way because we understand that many people coming back from the frontlines will have disabilities.
