On supposedly unequal treatment on the base of disability of a family member 

Petition addressed to: Petitionsausschuss des Europäischen Parlaments

The petitioner’s family members – father and brother – are disabled persons. As a person indirectly disabled for many years he has tried to find an employment through the OAED (Hellenic Manpower Employment Organisation) or by ASEP (Supreme Council for Civil Personnel Selection) based on the law protecting vulnerable social groups. His application from his perspective was not properly treated and he was not successful. The petitioner quotes regulations adopted by Greece in 1994, 1998 and 2016 dealing with professional employment and reemployment of disadvantaged persons. He states that provisions of law are not following the Principle of Equal Treatment and International Conventions on the Rights of Person with Disabilities nor International Labour Convention, and that the Greek authorities have not properly implemented the EU Equality Framework Directive (78/2008).