Thursday, June 14, 2012

Bloomberg BNA, June 13, 2012, Wednesday

Bloomberg BNA

June 13, 2012, Wednesday

Bloomberg BNA (full article)

SHRM-Cornell Survey Suggests Pathways To Retain, Promote Workers With Disabilities

Employers may say they embrace the broad principles of hiring, retaining, and advancing employees with disabilities, but there seems to be a drop-off in employer follow-through to achieve those goals, according to survey results released June 6 by the Society for Human Resource Management and Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations' Employment and Disability Institute.

“It is critical that management be provided the insight and tools to in turn create real career opportunities for workers with disabilities,” Susanne M. Bruyère, director of the Employment and Disability Institute, said. “[W]hat we're finding is disappointing,” she said.