Posts filed under: employment
June 27
KING-TV (Seattle)
Tacoma Goodwill graduate winning praises from Sea-Tac, Port of Seattle
For years, a 33-year-old Lakewood man has had the door slammed in his face from potential employers. Living with cerebral palsy, it hasn't been easy for him to get a job. But the training he received from Tacoma Goodwill has now earned him a job at Sea-Tac Airport – and lots of praise from the community.
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KING-TV (Seattle)
Tacoma Goodwill graduate winning praises from Sea-Tac, Port of Seattle
For years, a 33-year-old Lakewood man has had the door slammed in his face from potential employers. Living with cerebral palsy, it hasn't been easy for him to get a job. But the training he received from Tacoma Goodwill has now earned him a job at Sea-Tac Airport – and lots of praise from the community.
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Filed Under: employment, learning disability, physical disability, profile
June 6
Zanesville (Ohio) Times Recorder
Website accommodation rules on the horizon
Almost every company has a website these days. We buy, sell, promote, show videos, convey information, and do just about everything electronically that's historically been done only in brick and mortar stores, offices and plants. It's easy to presume that many of the laws and requirements that businesses work with daily in the physical world can be overlooked in the virtual business world, but that's not always the case, according to the Department of Justice.
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Zanesville (Ohio) Times Recorder
Website accommodation rules on the horizon
Almost every company has a website these days. We buy, sell, promote, show videos, convey information, and do just about everything electronically that's historically been done only in brick and mortar stores, offices and plants. It's easy to presume that many of the laws and requirements that businesses work with daily in the physical world can be overlooked in the virtual business world, but that's not always the case, according to the Department of Justice.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Internet, employment, public policy, technology
May 27
WLS-TV (Chicago)
Employers urged to 'Think Beyond the Label'
Several months ago, a $4 million national disability awareness campaign hit the airwaves with high hopes for increasing employment among people with disabilities.
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WLS-TV (Chicago)
Employers urged to 'Think Beyond the Label'
Several months ago, a $4 million national disability awareness campaign hit the airwaves with high hopes for increasing employment among people with disabilities.
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Filed Under: disability awareness, employment, media, television
May 26
Society for Human Resource Management
Making Recruiting Sites Accessible for All
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is sending employers an important message: “Talent has no boundaries; workforce diversity includes workers with disabilities.” As employers begin to hire once again, therefore, they had better make sure that applicants with disabilities can find and compete for jobs just like everyone else.
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Society for Human Resource Management
Making Recruiting Sites Accessible for All
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is sending employers an important message: “Talent has no boundaries; workforce diversity includes workers with disabilities.” As employers begin to hire once again, therefore, they had better make sure that applicants with disabilities can find and compete for jobs just like everyone else.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Internet, employment, public policy
May 21
Associated Press
Lawsuit: Calif fails to accommodate deaf workers
Deaf and hard-of-hearing state employees in California are regularly denied sign language interpreters for meetings and have been left behind during emergency evacuations because of a failure to accommodate their disability, according to a lawsuit filed Friday.
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Associated Press
Lawsuit: Calif fails to accommodate deaf workers
Deaf and hard-of-hearing state employees in California are regularly denied sign language interpreters for meetings and have been left behind during emergency evacuations because of a failure to accommodate their disability, according to a lawsuit filed Friday.
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Filed Under: employment, hearing impaired
May 18
Chicago Sun-Times
Woman: I was fired because I have cancer
Margaret Walsh says she thought she was doing the right thing last year when she told her supervisor at Oakton Community College that she had been diagnosed with cancer. Now, the former employee of the college's Business Institute believes her illness is the reason she was fired from her job after less than a year.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Woman: I was fired because I have cancer
Margaret Walsh says she thought she was doing the right thing last year when she told her supervisor at Oakton Community College that she had been diagnosed with cancer. Now, the former employee of the college's Business Institute believes her illness is the reason she was fired from her job after less than a year.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employment
May 16
Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram
University of North Texas' new program helps mentally ill adults find jobs
Mental illness has been called the hidden disability, but Elizabeth El Aiady sees its effects every day.
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Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram
University of North Texas' new program helps mentally ill adults find jobs
Mental illness has been called the hidden disability, but Elizabeth El Aiady sees its effects every day.
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Filed Under: employment, psychiatric disability
May 10
KSL-TV (Salt Lake City)
Man learns to see disability as a gift
Every life has defining moments that can change the person forever. For one Utah man, he took cruel comments and turned them into his motivation.
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KSL-TV (Salt Lake City)
Man learns to see disability as a gift
Every life has defining moments that can change the person forever. For one Utah man, he took cruel comments and turned them into his motivation.
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Filed Under: employment, physical disability, profile
May 9
Broadway World
GLEE Guest Star Weinstein Talks Career With Disabilities
Actor Zack Weinstein will be appearing in next week's episode of hit television show GLEE. What makes the appearance stand out is that, unlike Kevin McHale - who plays GLEE's Artie Abrams who is confined to a wheelchair - Weinstein faces disabilities on a daily basis. The actor became paralyzed during a canoeing trip in college. While he was left with only the use of most of his upper body, leaving him unable to use his hands or legs, Weinstein has fought to continue his dream of acting.
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Broadway World
GLEE Guest Star Weinstein Talks Career With Disabilities
Actor Zack Weinstein will be appearing in next week's episode of hit television show GLEE. What makes the appearance stand out is that, unlike Kevin McHale - who plays GLEE's Artie Abrams who is confined to a wheelchair - Weinstein faces disabilities on a daily basis. The actor became paralyzed during a canoeing trip in college. While he was left with only the use of most of his upper body, leaving him unable to use his hands or legs, Weinstein has fought to continue his dream of acting.
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Filed Under: arts, employment, profile, quadriplegic
April 28
The Baltimore Sun
Baltimore Co. police detective wins $225,000 award in lawsuit
After a six-day trial, a federal jury awarded $225,000 on Wednesday to a Baltimore County police detective who suffered a seizure on the job in 1996.
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The Baltimore Sun
Baltimore Co. police detective wins $225,000 award in lawsuit
After a six-day trial, a federal jury awarded $225,000 on Wednesday to a Baltimore County police detective who suffered a seizure on the job in 1996.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), criminal justice, employment
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