Grzegorz Węgrzyn THE DISABLED ON THE JOB MARKET Disability, due to its commonness and its consequences, in both individual and social terms, is one of the most important phenomena in the modern world. Its extent imposes on the state authorities, a subject of social policy, a duty to take some measures which would prevent it, as well as alleviate its negative results. Creating conditions which would allow the disabled persons to work seems to be a particularly important task. At the same time help offered to the handicapped disturbs the functioning of the job market, because of the growing number of privileged employers. Excessive assistance offered to this social group compels other citizens to finance this aid in various ways. For example, the employers are obliged to pay “fines” if they do not employ the required numbers of the disabled; this leads to an increase of costs and makes market competition difficult for them. At the same time the number of work places for the healthy as well as the disabled is reduced, and the state is compelled to make greater efforts and spend more money in order to activate the disabled. Key words: disability, unemployment

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