Employment and Disability Institute Collection Copyright (c) 2013 Cornell University ILR School All rights reserved. http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect Recent documents in Employment and Disability Institute Collection en-us Thu, 30 May 2013 09:04:17 PDT 3600 Leveling the Playing Field Executive Summary http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1321 http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1321 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:24:51 PDT Recession or boom, business leaders consider finding and keeping the right talent a constant challenge. Executives spend significant amounts of time and money recruiting, retaining, and promoting the employees they think have the talent to secure success. Leveling the Playing Field: Attracting, Engaging, and Advancing People with Disabilities, a report from The Conference Board that is based on a year’s worth of research by the Research Working Group for Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Disabilities, explores how people with disabilities, including recent veterans, can be part of the talent solution—both as a source of talent and a spur to make organizations better places to work. People with disabilities may even be a bellwether of changes in the workplace for all employees. As demonstrated in a case study about Walgreens in the full research report, employers who foster the employment of people with disabilities often see benefits for all employees and the organization as a whole.

Employers may become more motivated to attract, engage, and advance people with disabilities in coming years. For one thing, the proportion of the workforce with disabilities will increase as the population ages. Improvements in technology and work design will also make access to work and the work itself easier for all employees, making it simpler to accommodate existing workers and hire people with disabilities. These employment strategies may even result in new opportunities for developing competitive advantage.

]]> The Conference Board et al. Absence and Disability Management Practices for an Aging Workforce http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1320 http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1320 Thu, 16 May 2013 11:20:17 PDT The goal of Disability and Absence Management programming is to limit absence, control costs, and retain workers to maintain a productive workforce. This can include the development of supportive policies (e.g. flexible work options), manager and employee education, supportive benefit programs, return to work programs, among others. Increasingly, older workers have become a group of interest among Absence and Disability Management professionals, in part because many baby boomers are forgoing retirement and working longer. Projections suggest that by 2020 those 55 and over could account for 25% of workers. This shift is especially important given that disability prevalence increases with age – as the workforce ages, organizations will increasingly need to ensure their programming supports older workers. During the fall and winter of 2012-13, Cornell University’s Employment and Disability Institute and the Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC) collaborated on a survey and key informant interviews with DMEC members and conference attendees to learn more about what organizations are doing to respond to and prepare for an aging workforce.

]]> Sarah von Schrader et al. Workplace Accommodations for Persons with Musculoskeletal Disorders http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1319 http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1319 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:29:30 PDT This brochure is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, Director, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University ILR School. The original was written by Frank N. Morosky, M.S., P.T., the coordinator of the Cornell University Back Injury Prevention Program, Ithaca, NY. It was revised and updated in 2000, and again in 2010, by Sheryl Ulin, Ph.D., CPE, Research Investigator, The University of Michigan Center for Ergonomics. It recieved legal review in 2011 by Beth Reiter, an independent legal consultant from Ithaca, N.Y., with assistance from Sara Furguson, a Cornell University Employment and Disability Institute student research assistant.

]]> Frank N. Morosky et al. Workplace Accommodations for People Living with Multiple Sclerosis http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1318 http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1318 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:29:26 PDT This brochure is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, Director, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University ILR School. This brochure was developed in 2001 for Cornell University by Kurt L. Johnson, Ph.D., CRC., co-Principal Investigator for the University of Washington Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Multiple Sclerosis. He reviewed and updated it in 2010. It recieved legal review in in 2011 by Beth Reiter, an independent legal consultant, Ithaca, N.Y., with assistance from Sara Furguson, a Cornell University Employment and Disability Institute student research assistant.

]]> Kurt Johnson Occupational Safety and Health and Disability Nondiscrimination in the Workplace: Complying with Dual Requirements http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1317 http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1317 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:29:21 PDT This brochure is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, Director, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University ILR School. It was written in June, 2002 by Susanne M. Bruyere, and updated in December 2010 by Elizabeth Reiter, an independent legal consultant, Ithaca, N.Y., with assistance from Sara Furguson, a Cornell University Employment and Disability Institute ILR student research assistant.

]]> Susanne Bruyere et al. The ADA and Personnel Training http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1316 http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1316 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:29:17 PDT This brochure is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, Director, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University ILR School. This brochure was written by Susanne Bruyère in 1996, and updated in 2001. It was further updated in 2011 by Beth Reiter, an independent legal consultant, Ithaca, N.Y., with assistance from Sara Furguson, a Cornell University Employment and Disability Institute student research assistant.

]]> Susanne Bruyere et al. Pre-Employment Screening Considerations and the ADA http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1315 http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1315 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:29:13 PDT This brochure is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, Director, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University ILR School. The original version was written in 1993 by Marjorie E. Karowe, Attorney, Schenectady, N.Y., and updated in 2000 by Sheila D. Duston, an attorney/mediator practicing in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. It was further updated in 2011 by Beth Reiter, an independent legal consultant, Ithaca, N.Y., with assistance from Sara Furguson, a Cornell University Employment and Disability Institute student research assistant.

]]> Marjorie Karowe et al. Pre-Employment Testing and the ADA http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1314 http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1314 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:29:09 PDT This brochure is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, Director, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University ILR School. This brochure was written in 1997 and updated in 2000 by Mary Anne Nester, Ph.D., U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Washington D.C., 2001. It was further updated in 2010 by Beth Reiter, an independent legal consultant, Ithaca, N.Y., with assistance from Sara Furguson, a Cornell University Employment and Disability Institute ILR student research assistant.

]]> Mary Anne Nester et al. Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1313 http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1313 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:29:03 PDT This brochure is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, Director, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University ILR School. The original brochure was written by Barbara A. Lee, Associate Professor, Institute of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. It was updated by Sheila D. Duston, an attorney/ mediator practicing in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, in May 2001 and updated in 2010 by Beth Reiter, an independent legal consultant, Ithaca, NY, with assistance from Sara Furguson, a Cornell University Employment and Disability Institute ILR stu-dent research assistant.

]]> Barbara Lee et al. Working Effectively with Individuals who are HIV-Positive http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1312 http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1312 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:02:39 PST This brochure is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, Director, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University ILR School. This publication was written in 1994, updated in 2001 by a representative of the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute and updated in February 2002 and May 2010 by Nellie J. Brown, M.S., CIH, Statewide Director, Workplace Health and Safety Program, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University.

]]> New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute et al. A Human Resource Perspective on Implementing the ADA http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1311 http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1311 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:02:36 PST This brochure is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, Director, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University ILR School. This brochure was written by Susanne Bruyère in July, 2001. It was further updated in 2011 by Beth Reiter, an independent legal consultant, Ithaca, N.Y., with assistance from Sara Furguson, a Cornell University Employment and Disability Institute student research assistant.

]]> Susanne Bruyere et al. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Injured Workers http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1310 http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1310 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:02:33 PST This brochure is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, Director, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University ILR School. This brochure was originally written in 1997 by Professor Bruce Growick, the Ohio State University, and reviewed and updated September, 2001 by Sheila D. Duston, an attorney- mediator practicing in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. It was reviewed and updated in 2011 by Elizabeth Reiter, an independent legal consultant in Ithaca, N.Y., with assistance from Sara Furguson, a Cornell University Employment and Disability Institute ILR student research assistant.

]]> Bruce Growick et al. Mediation and Title I of the ADA http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1309 http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1309 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:02:29 PST This brochure is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, Director, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University ILR School. This publication was created in July, 2000 by Sheila D. Duston, an attorney/mediator practicing in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. It was updated in 2011 by Elizabeth Reiter, an independent legal consultant in Ithaca, N.Y., with assistance from Sara Furguson, a Cornell University Employment and Disability Institute ILR student research assistant.

]]> Sheila Duston et al. Employee Medical Exams and Disability-Related Inquiries under the ADA: Guidance for Employers Regarding Current Employees http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1308 http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1308 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:02:25 PST This brochure is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, Director, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University ILR School. This brochure was written by Shelia Duston in July, 2001. It was updated in 2011 by Beth Reiter, an independent legal consultant, Ithaca, N.Y., with assistance from Sara Furguson, a Cornell University Employment and Disability Institute student research assistant.

]]> Sheila Duston et al. Definition of Disability Under the ADA: A Practical Overview and Update http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1307 http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1307 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:13:21 PST This brochure on definition of disability under the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, SPHR, Director, Program on Employment and Disability, School of Industrial and Labor Relations – Extension Division, Cornell University.

]]> Sheila Duston et al. Employment Considerations for People who have Diabetes http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1306 http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1306 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:13:17 PST This brochure on Diabetes and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, SPHR, Director, Program on Employment and Disability, School of Industrial and Labor Relations – Extension Division, Cornell University.

It was extenstively revised and updated in 2001 by Shereen Arent, National Director of Legal Advocacy, American Diabetes Association from the original, which was written in 1993 by Mary B. Dickson. It was reviewed for accuracy and timeliness in 2009 by Brian Dimick, Associate Director, Government Affairs and Advocacy, American Diabetes Association.

]]> Shereen Arent et al. Diversity and the ADA http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1305 http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1305 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:13:13 PST This brochure on diversity and the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, SPHR, Director, Employment and Disability Institute, School of Industrial and Labor Relations – Extension Division, Cornell University.

It has been updated in 2011 by Laura Herzog, Director, EEO/Diversity & Inclusion Programs, Cornell University ILR School, from the original, which was written in 1996 by Susanne M. Bruyere. It was reviewed for legal accuracy by Beth Reiter, an independent legal consultant, Ithaca, N.Y., with assistance from Sara Furguson, a Cornell University Employment and Disability Institute ILR student research assistant.

]]> Laura Herzog et al. Working Effectively with Employees who Have Epilepsy http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1304 http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1304 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:13:10 PST This brochure is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, Director, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University ILR School. It was written in January, 2001 and updated in 2010 by Robert F. Fraser, Ph.D., CRC, Professor/ Director, University of Washington Department of Neurology Vocational Services

]]> Robert Fraser Leave Rights under the FMLA and the ADA: The Intersection of Two Laws Impacting Employee Leave http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1303 http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1303 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:13:07 PST This brochure is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, Director, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University ILR School. This publication was was written by Sheila D. Duston, an attorney/mediator practicing in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, in September, 2001, and updated in 2010 by Beth Reiter, an independent legal consultant, Ithaca, N.Y., with assistance from Sara Furguson, a Cornell University Employment and Disability Institute ILR student research assistant.

]]> Sheila Duston et al. Health Benefit Plans and the Americans with Disabilities Act http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1302 http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/1302 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:12:55 PST This brochure is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, Director, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University ILR School. This brochure was written by Gwen Thayer Handelman, Scholar in Residence, Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in May 1994. She updated the material in July, 2000. It was further reviewed and updated in 2010 by Beth Reiter, an independent legal consultant, Ithaca, N.Y., with assistance from Sara Furguson, a Cornell University Employment and Disability Institute student research assistant.

]]> Gwen Thayer Handleman et al.