Abstract
The inclusion of persons with a disability has always been a sensitive issue in the mechanisms of protection and (equal) access in the labor market. Due to allegedly reduced performance, persons with a disability are often considered “second-class workers” (rather than resources) and, as a result, they have been relegated to tasks of secondary importance compared to the core business. In addition, large companies prefer paying sanctions for not having employed persons with a disability instead of hiring them under the mandatory quotas. An attempt will be made here to provide the key to understanding the phenomenon, leading the companies towards the model of the agreement under Art. 14, legislative decree no. 276/2003, which can include persons with a disability in the production processes and the value chain creation