Labour Force Participation

The proportion of a population that is either employed or actively seeking employment. In accessibility contexts, labour force participation rates reveal significant disparities: in Norway, for example, only 40.6% of people with disabilities were employed in 2020 compared to 73.4% of the general population aged 15-66. These gaps are driven by multiple factors including inaccessible workplace technology, discrimination, and inadequate accommodations. Policies promoting accessible ICT, inclusive procurement, and workplace accommodations aim to close this participation gap and enable people with disabilities and older workers to enter, remain in, or advance within the workforce.