Employment
Employment
More Robust Business Case for Hiring People with Disabilities
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) has published a revised Business Case for Hiring People with Disabilities, including returning disabled veterans, features video clips, research and anecdotal information from businesses and industry leaders on how hiring people with disabilities improves an organizations bottom line across six themes: Return on Investment, Human Capital, Innovation, Marketing, Diversity, and Social Responsibility.
Large and Small Employers Have Different Concerns about Workers with Disabilities
The Survey of Employer Perspectives on the Employment of People with Disabilities is the first of its magnitude, with responses representing more than 2.4 Million companies nationwide. The survey reveals that a majority of large businesses hiring people with disabilities are discovering that costs for accommodations differ very little from those of the general employee population. Additionally, the survey showed that once an employer hires someone with a disability, they are much more likely to hire other people with disabilities.
US Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy
ODEP has just released three new fact sheets in a new and easy to read format that provide constructive disability employment information for parents, youth and employers:
Creating a Path to Employment: Tips for Parents with Children with Disabilities
Work in the 21st century is more team-based than ever. Start by exploring the work world together.
www.dol.gov/odep/documents/creating_path_to_Employment.pdf
Essential Skills to Getting a Job: What Young People with Disabilities Need to Know
Often referred to as soft skills, work ethic, communication, teamwork and critical thinking are all must have’s for youth in today’s job market. www.dol.gov/odep/documents/essential_job_skills.pdf
Shaping Tomorrow’s Workforce: Including Talents of Young People with Disabilities
Youth with disabilities bring fresh, new perspectives that enrich strategies for meeting business challenges and achieving success.
http://www.dol.gov/odep/documents/shaping_tomorrows_workforce.pdf
New Study: What Do Majority of Workers in Sheltered Workshops Prefer?
Source: Migliore, A., Mank, D., Grossi, T., and Rogan, P. (2007) Integrated employment or sheltered workshops: Preferences of adults with intellectual disabilities, their families, and staff. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation. Vol. 26, No. 1, pp.5-19 www.heath.gwu.edu/node/450
National Center on Workforce and Disability/Adult (NCWD/A)
Archived Web conferences - Funding Customized Employment - online trainings on Customized Employment.
One-Stop Toolkit
The Office of Disability Employment Policy has a number of new tools on its Web site to promote customized employment for people with disabilities. For more information or go to: www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/custom/index.htm
Training Resource Network Disability Update
October 2008 Edition
In this issue:
- Study: Supported Employment 3 Times More Cost-Effective than Sheltered Work
- Percent of Unemployed People with Disabilities Looking for Work: 2005 Data released
- DePaul Study: workers with Disabilities Perform Well
- Key ADA Employment Changes for 2009
- Free Our People YouTube video, Free Our People
- Online Training: Job Coaching; Orientation to Working with People with Disabilities; The Disability Industrial Complex: Ending the Segregation of People with Disabilities
Go to: www.trninc.com/update/TRN_Update.html to view.
New Department of Labor Statistics
A new study, which found that the employment rate for people with disabilities has dropped below 20 percent, has attributed the drop to attitudinal barriers and to the misconception that accommodations are costly.