Working With Disabilities

http://www.thinkbeyondthelabel.com

 

 

Myth
Hiring employees with disabilities increases workers compensation insurance rates.

 

Fact
Insurance rates are based solely on the relative hazards of the operation and the organization's accident experience, not on whether workers have disabilities.

 

Myth
Providing accommodations for people with disabilities is expensive.

 

 

Fact
The majority of workers with disabilities do not need accommodations to perform their jobs, and for those who do, the cost is usually minimal.

 

In fact, two-thirds of accommodations cost less than $500, with many costing nothing at all1. And available tax incentives make it even easier for businesses to cover accessibility costs.

 

1Job Accommodation Network (JAN), a service of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy
 

 

Myth
The ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) forces employers to hire unqualified individuals with disabilities.

 

Fact
Unqualified candidates are not protected under the ADA. To be protected from discrimination in hiring, an individual must first meet all requirements for a job and be able to perform its essential functions with or without reasonable accommodations.
 

 

Myth
Employees with disabilities have a higher absentee rate than employees without disabilities.

 

Fact
Studies by firms such as DuPont show that employees with disabilities are not absent any more than employees without disabilities.
 

 

Myth
Under the ADA, an employer cannot fire an employee who has a disability.

 

 

Fact
Employers can fire workers with disabilities under three conditions:

 

1.The termination is unrelated to the disability or
2.The employee does not meet legitimate requirements for the job, such as performance or production standards, with or without a reasonable accommodation or
3.Because of the employee’s disability, he or she poses a direct threat to health or safety in the workplace.

 Excellent post, my employers expense to employ me $0.00 however they did have a moment of guilt I have a disabled parking stall I keep open for co-workers that have those days where work or medica, kids etc visit require driving to work. I take public transit to work it is green and use my free space only if work or my matters require I drive.

Where did these facts come from? ................ ........................ ................ ........................ Do Company Health Insurance rates rise for having employees who have multiple medical needs? Is there any way around this? ................ ........................ ................ ........................ Are there programs to help disabled professionals get hired or trained for different work on a new job? ................ ........................ ................ ........................ Do Employers get any benefit from doing this? ................ ........................ ................ ........................ ................ ........................ Is there anyone on this site who became disabled and had a period off work and then was helped to get back in to professional, private ( NOT GOVT or NON PROFIT) employment? ................ ........................ If so, how did that work? ................ ........................ Who assisted?

the site i found that at is listed on top.

http://www.thinkbeyondthelabel.com

 

check with them. :)

Thanks much!