The Bottom Line.
Actively hiring and integrating people with disabilities, including individuals with significant disabilities, is not just the right thing to do but also profitable.
Companies that embrace the employment & hiring of people with disabilities outperform their peers.
Turnover for people with disabilities is half of those without disabilities & are every bit as productive.
Document the employment success of people with disabilities.
Employers outperform on Profitability and Value Creation
Overall scores show a significant difference between employers that hire people with disabilities and others.
Source: Getting to Equal 2018: The Disability Inclusion Advantage, Accenture
Average or above average in performance.
Average to above average attendance records.
Source: Walgreens Anderson SC Distribution Center
Featured Employer
Ted Brown, General Manager at Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Indiana, shares his experiences with hiring individuals with disabilities so that everyone can be successful. Mr. Brown addresses the importance of collaboration with local employment support agencies and job coaches, as well as partnerships with local school districts. He emphasizes that hiring and supporting individuals with disabilities fits well within existing diversity and inclusion efforts so that now specialized training is needed.
"Just treat people the way they want to be treated."
— Ted Brown, General Manager at Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Indiana
Employer Toolkit.
As you now know, actively hiring and integrating people with disabilities is not just the right thing to do but also profitable. The real struggle now is figuring out ways and actionable steps to integrate this practice into your business or workplace. Work to Include is proud to provide an Employer Toolkit featuring a variety of topics and resources to begin the work to include.