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Hey, sorry for such a huge delay, it was a very busy time at work and I haven't had the chance to gather my thoughts up until now.
Bear in mind - most of the journal sources that I provide are behind a paywall unless accessed from an academic institution with an active subscription.
So, to start, some general reading on the Soviet employment and unemployment - Work, Employment and Unemployment in the Soviet Union by J. L. Porket, and his accompanying article on the same subject - "Full employment in Soviet theory and practice". Another good book on the subject is "Employment Planning in the Soviet Union: Continuity and Change" by Silvana Malle. A general overview of employment practices in the countries of the Eastern Bloc, if a bit outdated - "Employment Policies in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe", edited by Jan Adam.
Another good general source is this report on unemployment in the Soviet Union from 1992, which provides a lot of useful general info.
This article, "Unemployment in the Soviet Union: Evidence from the Soviet Interview Project", provides a good statistical overview of some of the major trends.
As for the people with disabilities, here is a good general article on the topic of disability in the Soviet Union - ""There Are No Invalids in the USSR!": A Missing Soviet Chapter in the New Disability History" by Sarah D. Phillips.
Also, these two works edited by Michael Rasell and Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova, and William O. McCagg and Lewis Siegelbaum respectively - "Disability in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union: history, policy and everyday life" and "The Disabled in the Soviet Union: Past and Present, Theory and Practice". I haven't personally looked at the second one, but one of the editors did publish and help edit some interesting works on the subject before, and, judging by the contents, it should be interesting and applicable.