Inclusiveness of recruitment

The single web portal disclosing public service vacancies complies with international accessibility standards

The web-based portal that announces public service vacancies in the central government administration is tested for compliance with WCAG 2.0 AA, which is the equivalent of ISO 40500, using the resource http://wave.webaim.org. The number of errors (red colour) under WCAG 2.0 AA is recorded. If the portal exists for more than one Constitutional language, all languages are tested, and the one with the highest number of errors is used for the calculation. Websites versions for languages that are not Constitutional languages are not considered. Points are allocated based on the number of errors (x): • x ≥ 30 = 0 points • 10 ≤ x < 30 = linear function • x < 10= 1 points.

Applicants with disabilities can request the adaptation of the recruitment and selection procedures

Review of legislation, instructions or guidelines on recruitment procedures, and the web-based recruitment portal in the central government administration, to verify whether candidates with disabilities can request the adaptation of the recruitment procedure when they submit their application; namely, whether they can specify the facilities they require to participate in the selection process and adaptations of assessment tools, when they submit their application. If recruitment is decentralised, namely, candidates submit their application directly to the central government public administration body to which the vacancy announced belongs, and this public body directly manages the recruitment procedure including the application phase, the situation is analysed in the following group of central government bodies: ministry responsible for finance, ministry responsible for internal affairs (of interior), ministry responsible for education, tax agency/administration, employment agency. If any of the indicated agencies does not exist, the largest agency subordinate to government or prime minister or any minister is analysed instead (for the purpose of the assessment, police is not considered a government agency; agencies in charge of providing education and health care are excluded). In decentralised systems, the criterion must be met by all the public bodies in the group to score points.

The recruitment authority must provide reasonable accommodation for disabled candidates

Review of legislation, instructions or guidelines on recruitment procedures in the central government to verify whether the recruiting authority must provide reasonable accommodation of selection methods and procedures for disabled candidates applying to the public service that fulfil the eligibility criteria. There must be a protocol or instruction on how to proceed in these cases so that adaptations are applied consistently overtime, and staff in charge must have the expertise to make a judgement on which adaptations are appropriate to the needs of disabled persons (for example, medical staff from occupational safety and health services). In decentralised systems, the situation is analysed in the following group of central government bodies: ministry responsible for finance, ministry responsible for internal affairs (interior), ministry responsible for education, tax agency/administration, employment agency. If any of the indicated agencies do not exist, the largest agency subordinated to the government, or prime minister, or any minister is analysed instead (for the purpose of the assessment, police is not considered a government agency; agencies in charge of providing education and health care are excluded). In decentralised systems, the criterion must be met by all the public bodies in the group to score points.

Participation of persons with disabilities in recruitment for the public service is encouraged

Review of evidence of activities conducted by the central government administration to encourage persons with disabilities to participate in recruitment for the public service. Activities may consist, for example, of targeted recruitment activities or materials, statements in the single web portal that announces public service vacancies in the central government administration, or in job announcements, affirming the recruiting institution’s commitment to equality of opportunity for candidates with disabilities, etc.

HR staff and selection panel members receive disability awareness training

Review of information on the implementation of disability awareness training for HR staff responsible to manage recruitment procedures open to external candidates to fill public service vacancies in the central government administration, and members of selection committees, in the two last full calendar years. Recruitment to top management public service positions is excluded. In decentralised systems, the situation is analysed in the following group of central government bodies: ministry responsible for finance, ministry responsible for internal affairs (interior), ministry responsible for education, tax agency/administration, employment agency. If any of the indicated agencies do not exist, the largest agency subordinated to the government, or prime minister, or any minister is analysed instead (for the purpose of the assessment, police is not considered a government agency; agencies in charge of providing education and health care are excluded). Information must include the list of training activities developed, the training programme, and the list of participants indicating their role in the recruitment (i.e., HR staff, members of selection panels). In decentralised systems, the criterion must be met by all the public bodies in the group to score points.

People with disabilities employed in public service (%)

The total number of people with disabilities employed in the public service of the central government administration at the end of the last full calendar year is divided by the total number of public servants employed in the central government administration at the end of the last full calendar year. The result is expressed as a percentage. Points are allocated based on the percentage of employees with disabilities in the public service (x): • x = 0% = 0 points • 0% < x < 3% = linear function • x ≥ 3% = 2 points.