CRPD/C/GC/8 79. Collective bargaining is a tool of fundamental importance in the formulation of employment policies.66 Trade union-related rights apply equally to workers with disabilities as to other workers. Article 27 (1) (c), read in conjunction with article 29, serves to emphasize the importance of the right of persons with disabilities to form their own organizations. If these organizations are to be effective in the promotion and protection of the economic and social interests of persons with disabilities, they should be consulted regularly by government bodies and others in relation to all matters affecting them. It may also be necessary for these organizations to be supported financially, so as to ensure their viability.67 80. The collection and analysis of data (art. 31), disaggregated on the basis of disability, in order to identify all forms of discrimination, including multiple and intersectional discrimination, is essential to monitor the barriers to employment for persons with disabilities on an equal basis with others. Appropriately disaggregated data also allows the identification of those working in the informal economy and of the barriers related to self-employment and entrepreneurship. 81. International cooperation (art. 32) is essential in terms of promoting national efforts to realize the right to work and advancing progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly target 8.5 thereof, on achieving full and productive employment and decent work for all persons and equal pay for work of equal value. International cooperation is also essential in terms of addressing inequitable access to assistive technologies in resource-scarce settings, so that persons with disabilities are able to participate in the labour marker on an equal basis with others. VI. Implementation at the national level 82. In order to ensure the right of persons with disabilities to work and employment on an equal basis with others, and in addition to upholding the normative content and meeting the obligations outlined above, States parties should take the following measures to ensure the full implementation of article 27 of the Convention: (a) Undertake a comprehensive study to determine the impact of ableism on the right of persons with disabilities to work and employment, on an equal basis with others, including the right to the opportunity to gain a living by work freely chosen; (b) Undertake studies on barriers to access by persons with disabilities to the right to work, identify the specific gender- and age-related challenges that persons with disabilities face in terms of realizing this right, and highlight innovative practices and solutions that emerge from the protection and promotion of the right of persons with disabilities to work and employment; (c) Consistent with article 4 (3) of the Convention, closely consulting and actively involving persons with disabilities, including underrepresented groups, through their representative organizations, conduct a review of national employment legislation, policies, programmes and practices and harmonize them with the Convention, repeal discriminatory laws and regulations that are inconsistent with the Convention, change or abolish customs and practices that are discriminatory against persons with disabilities, and develop a code of practice for the employment of persons with disabilities to serve as a step-by-step guide to prevent discrimination against persons with disabilities in the labour market and in the workplace; (d) Ensure that the review extends across the public and private sectors, that it includes the incorporation of gender, age and disability perspectives into laws, policies and programmes and into the implementation and evaluation thereof,68 and that it extends to the following areas: the promotion of youth employment; occupational health and safety 66 67 68 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural rights, general comment No. 18 (2005), para. 39. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, general comment No. 5 (1994), para. 26. See also Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, general comment No. 7 (2018). CRPD/C/DNK/CO/1, para. 19. 17