Keep the direction! This is the ambition of Sophie Cluzel, the Secretary of State for People with Disabilities, for whom they are among the great victims of the economic crisis. In normal times, they are already struggling to integrate into the job market. Only 988,000 of the 2.8 million people with disabilities of working age were employed at the end of 2019. That is one third! As for their unemployment rate of 18%, it is twice as high as that of the able-bodied. Currently, more than 507,000 disabled people are registered with Pôle emploi…
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Sophie Cluzel's fears are all the more justified since the sheltered employment sector was also subjected to severe tests during the eight weeks of confinement. Almost all of the establishment and service for work assistance (Esat) have closed their doors. As for the adapted enterprises (EA), 32% have stopped their exploitation, 60% maintained a partial activity and 8% a total activity. In total, the sector recorded
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