A new report by the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) shows a 9% increase in federal employees with disabilities, resulting from initiatives to make new hires from this underserved population and to encourage existing workers to voluntarily disclose their status. In his blog post for The Federal Times, Stephen Losey quotes a portion [...]
News from earlier this month that temporary and contract employment is on the rise has triggered reporters across the country to check in with agencies that hire workers to fill jobs; painting an overall picture where full-time work may not be returning anytime soon. Traditionally, a spike in temp jobs is a sign of economic [...]
With yesterday’s anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) being signed into law came the expected plethora of news stories about how people with disabilities are faring under its statutes 22 years later. While some articles focused on the equal accessibility of services and requirements for public accommodation that most people associate with the [...]
Last week, the Disability.gov blog welcomed a guest post by Megan Totka, chief editor of ChamberofCommerce.com, in which she provided several valuable links to resources for people with disabilities who wanted to start their own business. She also provided a compelling case for why this might be the best course of action for those with [...]
This Thursday will mark the 22nd anniversary of the signing into law of The Americans with Disabilities Act. As the Wikipedia entry notes, the passage of the ADA is every bit as meaningful as The Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it comes to protecting the rights of individuals against discrimination in American society. At [...]
Good news was coming fast and furious at the beginning of this week on the job front for people with disabilities. Between Delaware Governor Jack Markell introducing his “A Better Bottom Line: Employing People with Disabilities” initiative upon ascending to chair of the the National Governor’s Association on Sunday, and Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), who [...]
First of all, it’s great that a website with the national readership of The Daily Beast would pick up the story about Delaware Governor Jack Markell’s initiative as chair of the National Governor’s Association (NGA) to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities. The article by Eleanor Clift, who is also a contributing editor to [...]
Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) is using his position as Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) to lobby public officials and leaders of private industry to set goals for job training, recruiting, and employment of people with disabilities. On Monday, Harkin’s office published Unfinished Business: Making Employment of People [...]
Delaware Governor Jack Markell will use his year as chair of the National Governor’s Association (NGA) to focus on ways states can increase employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities, he announced during the closing session of the NGA annual meeting, which took place in Williamsburg, Virginia, last Sunday. We had mentioned Governor Markell’s participation in [...]
Last weekend’s edition of the Twin Cities Pioneer Press featured two stories by reporter Bob Shaw examining employment opportunities for people with disabilities in the state of Minnesota. Together with accompanying galleries from staff photographers John Doman and Jean Pieri, each article provides a level of nuance not often found in daily newspaper coverage of [...]