Posts filed under: employment

May 22, 2011
The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch
Help wanted: Jobs for the disabled
Thousands of adults with Down syndrome, autism and other developmental disabilities work in Ohio at jobs that pay less money than a teen-age babysitter earns. Some say the low pay is immoral; others view the federal law as a godsend.
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Filed Under: employment, sheltered work environment

April 27, 2011
Bloomberg Businessweek
Employers Gird for Disabilities Act Changes
Recent amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act widen the range of disabilities and shift the burden of proof from employees to business owners in labor disputes, says Jeff Nowak, a labor and employment attorney at Franczek Radelet in Chicago.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employment, public policy

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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