High-Level Forum on Sickness, Disability and Work: Addressing Policy Challenges in OECD Countries

High-Level Forum on
Sickness, Disability and Work

Stockholm, 14-15 May 2009

This forum focused on addressing policy challenges related to labour market policies in OECD countries:

• Programme and presentations 
• Issues for discussion 
• Background paper 
• News release: Governments must do more to help most vulnerable amid rising unemployment

Spotlight on disability benefit

There is an enormous variation across the OECD in the use of disability benefit.

   Access the excel file of this data and more  

   See the conference background paper
   for more trends and statistics

Why it matters

Too many people with health problems are excluded from the labour market and are relying on disability benefit. In the current crisis, people with partial work capacity are likely to be hit hard. Governments will need to react with a two-pronged strategy, including short-term measures to help those losing their jobs now to keep a foothold in the labour market; and structural reform aimed at promoting a culture of inclusion that highlights work capacity rather than incapacity. 

Permanent link: www.oecd.org/els/disability/stockholmforum