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Employment and disability : issues, innovations, and opportunities / edited by Susanne M. Bruyère

Published
Champaign, Illinois : Labor and Employment Relations Association, [2019]
Copyright Date
©2019
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
ix, 346 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Additional Creators
Bruyère, Susanne M.

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Contents
Foreword / Harry C. Katz -- Introduction / Susanne M. Bruyère -- US employment and disability policy framework: competing legislative priorities, challenges, and strategies / Matthew C. Saleh, Thomas P. Golden, and Ellice Switzer -- Minimizing discrimination and maximizing inclusion: lessons from the federal workforce and federal subcontractors / Hassan Enayati, Sarah von Schrader, William Erickson, and Susanne M. Bruyère -- Disability and the unionized workplace / Mason Ameri, Mohammad Ali, Lisa Schur, and Douglas Kruse -- Creating an accomodating workplace: encouraging disability disclosure and managing reasonable accomodation requests / Sarah von Schrader, LaWanda Cook, and Wendy Strobel Gower -- Unwelcoming workplaces: bullying and harassment of employees with disabilities / LaWanda Cook, Sarah von Schrader, Valerie Malzer, and Jennifer Mimno -- Welcoming (all) veterans into our workplaces: the employment of veterans with disabilities / Hannah Rudstam, James Whitcomb, and Lorin Obler -- Youth with disabilities: a resource for the 21st-century workforce / Thomas P. Golden, Kelly Clark, and Catherine H. Fowler -- Mental illness and employment: understanding a major disability population in the US workforce / Hannah Rudstam, Hsiao-Ying (Vicki) Chang, and Hassan Enayati -- Employment in high-tech industries: what does it mean for people with disabilities? / William Erickson, Sara VanLooy, and Wendy Strobel Gower -- Autism at work: targeted hiring initiatives and what we can learn for other groups / Susanne M. Bruyère -- Global perspectives on employment for people with disabilities / Matthew C. Saleh -- Impact of cash transfers on access to employment of people with disabilities / Ola Abu Alghaib -- Conclusion. Way forward: implications for labor and employment professionals and the future workplace / Susanne M. Bruyère and Sara VanLooy.
Summary
Nearly three decades after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), people with disabilities continue to be significantly underrepresented in the American Labor force. This loss of talent to U.S. organizations and restriction of opportunities for millions of workers have broader implications for civil society. People denied access to the workforce are limited in their ability to contribute to the economy and to their communities, heightening their reliance on public support systems and reducing the number of people participating in community life.This LERA volume focuses on the employment of individuals with disabilities. Its purpose is to review the current employment situation for Americans with disabilities, place it in the context of the U.S. regulatory system, describe current issues, identify ways that employers are approaching possible remediation of these issues, and identify emerging concerns and opportunities. A multi-disciplinary team of researchers and practitioners provide a broad-based overview of related issues, approaches, and opportunities. This volume will be useful to a wide array of professionals, including labor and employment relations attorneys and specialists; human resource, diversity and inclusion, and equal employment opportunity professionals; as well as organizational leaders, managers, and supervisors who are seeking to improve employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities both here and abroad.
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ISBN
9780913447185
0913447188
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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