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them to adapt to the requirement of their future working life and for young workers, the training shall
take place during normal working hours.
ARTICLE 8
ELDERLY PERSONS
Member States shall endeavour to create an enabling environment in accordance with arrangements
applying to each Member State so that:
(a) Every worker in the Region shall at the time of retirement enjoy resources affording him or her a
decent standard of living, including equity in post employment security schemes;
(b) Every worker who has reached retirement age but who is not entitled to a pension or who does not
have other means of subsistence shall be entitled to adequate social assistance to cater specifically for
basic needs including medical care; and
(c) Employment after the normal retirement period shall be under the same labour standards and rates of
remuneration that applies to all workers.
ARTICLE 9
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
1. Member States shall create an enabling environment such that all persons with disabilities, whatever
the origin and nature of their disability, shall be entitled to additional concrete measures aimed at
improving their social and professional integration.
2. The measures shall relate to, in particular, according to the capacities of beneficiaries, vocational
training, accessibility and mobility, means of transport and housing and appropriate organisation of
work and workplaces to take into account their needs.
ARTICLE 10
SOCIAL PROTECTION
1. Member States shall create an enabling environment so that every worker in the Region shall have a
right to adequate social protection and shall, regardless of status and the type of employment, enjoy
adequate social security benefits.
2. Persons who have been unable to either enter or re-enter the labour market and have no means of
subsistence shall be entitled to receive sufficient resources and social assistance.
ARTICLE 11
IMPROVEMENT OF WORKING AND LIVING CONDITIONS
Member States shall create an enabling environment so that:
(a) Harmonisation of minimum requirements laid down in labour legislation and in particular the
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