Abstract

Employment of disabled people importantly influences disabled people’s QOL, making it necessary to analyze the disabled people employment promotion policy from the QOL viewpoint. Thus, this study, first, examines and summarizes South Korea’s disabled people employment―related laws, including their changes, contents, overview, and characteristics. Second, using the Employment Promotion System Assessment Tool for Persons with Disabilities from the Perspective of Quality of Life （QOL―EPAT） from the QOL viewpoint, South Korea’s disabled people employment promotion system and policy are assessed. Third, based on the assessment results, the system and policy are examined from the QOL viewpoint. The assessment revealed that, of QOL―EPAT areas, the psychological area was the lowest at 53.06％, with items under this category all being under 3 points, assessed lower than the category of employment safety and safety of life items. The system and policy regarding the psychological health thus need to be improved.