Posts filed under: employment

March 4, 2011
The Washington Post
Pa. man drops police lawsuit over hearing aids
A Pennsylvania man with hearing loss who aspires to a career in law enforcement has dropped his federal lawsuit against state police over guidelines that he said excluded qualified candidates who need hearing aids.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employment, hearing impaired

Nov. 26, 2010
The Washington Post
Incentives needed to retain disabled workers to slow Social Security costs, report says
The government should create incentives for employers to retain disabled workers on their payrolls as a way of slowing unsustainable increases in the number of people receiving Social Security disability benefits, according to a new report.
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Filed Under: employment, public policy, Social Security

Oct. 19, 2010
KERO-TV (Bakersfield, Calif.)
Disabled Work Force Inspires Change
One North of the River company is serving as an international example for empowering people with disabilities to become an able part of the workforce.
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Filed Under: employment, sheltered work environment

Oct. 8, 2010
U.S. News & World Report
Disabled Still Get Cool Reception in U.S. Workplace
While many American companies say that hiring people with disabilities is important, few of them actually hire these job seekers or take steps to provide a welcoming work environment, a new survey finds.
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Oct. 6, 2010
The Dallas Morning News
Grievance update -- in which I inadvertently get the teacher I'm writing about suspended
Kathleen Nosek, the Sheffield special-ed teach whose grievance I've been writing about, was suspended with pay this afternoon as a direct result of my visit to her classroom on Tuesday. I filed the story tonight and you can read it in today's paper.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), education, employment, hearing impaired, K-12, public policy

Oct. 4, 2010
KMGH-TV (Denver)
Military Surplus Store Sued For Firing Worker Over Seizures
A Denver-area military surplus store is accused of a firing an employee who suffered epileptic seizures in violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act, according to a federal discrimination lawsuit.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employment

Oct. 3, 2010
Phoenix Business Journal
Job fair focuses on helping disabled people find work
Once a construction worker, Stan Wulf now works in collections for JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s auto finance department in downtown Phoenix. He was hired full time in June after nine months as a temp.
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Aug. 29, 2010
The Daily Times (Salisbury, Md.)
Resources aid employers with disabled workers
The typical prospective employee will be, in most cases, fully qualified and ready to go to work for that employee who has just rewarded him or her with a job offer. The employer making that job offer should also be aware that he has available to him a host of totally free job accommodation and employer supports on a job-oriented and customized basis.
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Aug. 29, 2010
The Boston Globe
For this disabled job seeker, it’s all about networking
As an open source Web developer, David Clark is in demand — he gets at least five calls a week from recruiters.
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Filed Under: employment, physical disability

Aug. 27, 2010
The Washington Post
New statistics on disabled workers
As the Obama administration pledges to hire more people with disabilities, some new numbers suggest the percentage of disabled American workers employed in the public sector is on par with the percentage of workers who are not disabled.
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