A ministry in Iceland has proposed changing the hiring rules for support workers who look after disabled people, replacing the current automatic ban on employing anyone convicted of murder with a system that assesses each person’s fitness individually; the change would raise questions about public safety and the employment and reintegration of people with serious convictions. Vísir was first to report the proposal on Tuesday.
Under the proposal, the ministry says people with decades-old murder convictions should not automatically be barred from working in support services if they are otherwise suitable. The changes would not affect the ban on employing people convicted of sexual offences, which would remain in place as before, according to the report.
It is not yet known which ministry is behind the proposal, what law or regulation would be amended, or when the change might come into effect. There has also been no information about support or opposition for the proposal, or the arguments involved.
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Links: Ráðuneytið rökstyður breytinguna
- Vísir (first reported) in Icelandic
