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A major EFE wire report published 13 September 2026 reveals that six in ten (64.6%) working-age people with disabilities in Spain remain outside the labour market — a figure barely changed in a decade despite record national employment levels. Of 4.4 million people with disabilities, only about 700,000 are economically active, according to CONACEE president Albert Campabadal. The activity rate stands at just 35.4% versus 78.5% for people without disabilities (INE 2024 data), a gap of over 43 percentage points. Sheltered employment centres (centros especiales de empleo) linked to CONACEE grew from 2,104 employees in 2012 to 34,936 in 2024. Meanwhile, the Spanish government has opened public consultation on a Royal Decree regulating public-sector hiring for disabled people, with comments accepted until 15 September 2026. For employers, the story underlines that Spain's disability employment gap is structural, not cyclical, and that both mainstream and sheltered hiring pathways need strengthening.
The Valencian regional government has allocated €52.9 million through its Labora employment agency to support approximately 12,000 people with disabilities working at 142 Special Employment Centres across the region. First Vice President Susana Camarero and Regional Secretary Antonio Galvañ visited the For&From Tempe Inditex centre in San Vicente del Raspeig, where 13 people with various disabilities work in live retail operations — a model running since 2002 that Inditex has expanded across Spain. APSA, the region's leading disability employment organisation, manages around 2,000 positions in Alicante province alone with over 180 support professionals. Officials framed the investment as a recognition that employment provides not just income but autonomy, dignity, and social inclusion — directly challenging assumptions that disability limits professional capability. The initiative is timely: only one in four working-age people with disabilities in Spain holds a job nationally, one of the lowest rates in the EU. For employers, the For&From commercial model shows that inclusive employment in retail, logistics, and services is commercially viable without compromising standards.
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