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10 Tips for an Accessible Website
This fact sheet helps organizations learn how to make their websites and digital tools accessible for and usable by everyone.
View Full PDF DocumentA Better Bottom Line — Employing People with Disabilities: Blueprint for Governors
View Full PDF DocumentA Joint Resolution or Executive Order to Encourage States to be Model Employers of People with Disabilities
A resource for states to learn about crafting a Joint Resolution/Executive Order to increase disability inclusion.
View Full PDF DocumentA Roadmap for Developing Effective Collaborations & Partnerships to Advance the Employment of Individuals with Disabilities in the Federal Sector
Explore strategies that improve collaboration and communication between employees with disabilities and managers in the federal sector.
View Full PDF DocumentA Summary of the EEOC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Affirmative Action for People With Disabilities in the Federal Government February 2016
View Full PDF DocumentA Toolkit for Establishing and Maintaining Successful Employee Resource Groups
Learn how to start, implement and maintain disability-focused ERGs to support your organization's diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) efforts.
View Full PDF DocumentAbsence and Disability Management Policies
Learn more about employee absenteeism, its causes and how to manage it.
View Full PDF DocumentAccessible and Authentic Interviews for Candidates with Disabilities
Use this checklist to ensure your organization's interview process is accessible for all candidates, including those with disabilities. An accessible and inclusive interview process is an essential part of ensuring people with disabilities are included in diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) efforts.
View Full PDF DocumentAdopting an Integrated Telework Policy for Employees With and Without Disabilities
This policy brief provides a framework for adopting an integrated telework policy that is inclusive of all employees, including people with disabilities.
View Full PDF DocumentAdvancing & Retaining Federal Employees with Disabilities—The Case for Centralized Accommodation Programs & Funding
This policy brief explores guidance regarding the advancement and retention of employees with disabilities and the benefits of a centralized accommodation program.
View Full PDF DocumentAffirmative Action for People with Disabilities in Federal Employment
This policy brief describes key elements of affirmative action plans.
View Full PDF DocumentAn Employer’s Guide to Employee Assistance Programs
This guide from the Center for Prevention and Health Services provides information for employers about employee assistance (EAP) programs.
View Full PDF DocumentAutism @ Work Playbook
Finding talent and creating meaningful employment opportunities for people with autism
View Full PDF DocumentBest Practices for Improving Workplace Mental Health
Results of a 2019 review of literature on workplace mental health.
View Full PDF DocumentBuilding Your Talent Pipeline
Companion piece to EARN's Build the Pipeline: Outreach and Recruitment online training course explores how to proactively target candidates with disabilities.
View Full PDF DocumentCOVID-19 and Job Applicants and Employees with Disabilities: Emerging Practices to Employ and Protect Workers
This policy brief explores issues related to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the COVID-19 pandemic.
View Full PDF DocumentCOVID-19 and Performance Management of Employees with Disabilities: Findings from a Focus Group of NILG Members
EARN conducted a series of focus groups in the fall of 2021 with employer members of the National Industry Liaison Group (NILG) to better understand how the shift to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic impacted performance management practices, and the implications for job candidates with disabilities.
View Full PDF DocumentCOVID-19 and Remote Hiring of People with Disabilities: Findings from a Focus Group of NILG Members
EARN conducted a series of focus groups in the fall of 2021 with employer members of the National Industry Liaison Group (NILG) to better understand how the shift to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic impacted hiring practices, and the implications for job candidates with disabilities.
View Full PDF DocumentCOVID-19 and Remote Work: Findings from a Focus Group of NILG Members
EARN conducted a series of focus groups in the fall of 2021 with employer members of the National Industry Liaison Group (NILG) to better understand the shift to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic, and implications for employees with disabilities
View Full PDF DocumentCOVID-19, Training and Advancing Employees with Disabilities: Findings from a Focus Group of NILG Members
EARN conducted a series of focus groups in the fall of 2021 with employer members of the National Industry Liaison Group (NILG) to better understand how the shift to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic impacted onboarding, training and advancement practices, and the implications for candidates with disabilities.
View Full PDF DocumentCOVID-19’s Permanent Impact on the Workplace
This DMEC Resource reviews changes to the workplace as a result of the pandemic that are likely to stay.
View Full PDF DocumentCentralized Accommodation Programs (CAP) in Practice
This checklist provides an overview of the essential components of a centralized accommodation program.
View Full PDF DocumentChallenges of the Next Normal: Returning to the Office
This Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC) publication was featured on a webinar on July 16, 2021. It highlights return to work challenges following the COVID-19 pandemic.
View Full PDF DocumentChecklist for Employers: Facilitating the Hiring of People with Disabilities Through the Use of eRecruiting Screening Systems, Including AI
Use this checklist to evaluate your organization's contracts with vendors who provide eRecruiting screening tools.
View Full PDF DocumentChecklist for Mentally Healthy Workplaces
This checklist reviews the 4 A's of a mental health-friendly workplace.
View Full PDF DocumentCommunicating the Benefits of Self-Identification: Five Steps to Success
Learn the five steps to success to communicate the benefits of self-identification of disability.
View Full PDF DocumentCompany Website Disability Inclusion Messaging: Observations of Job Seekers with Disabilities
Learn about the outcomes of focus groups with job seekers with disabilities regarding website content and messaging.
View Full PDF DocumentDeveloping Partnerships to Build Your Talent Pipeline
Companion piece to EARN's Build the Pipeline: Outreach and Recruitment online training course explores the role partnerships play in recruiting candidates with disabilities.
View Full PDF DocumentDisability Inclusion: Exploring the Intersections
Learn more about the intersections of disability and LGBTQ+ inclusion.
View Full PDF DocumentDisability Outreach and Inclusion Messaging: Assessment Checklist for Career Pages
Use this checklist to access your organization's career pages to ensure they are using disability-inclusion messaging and outreach techniques.
View Full PDF DocumentDisability-Inclusive COVID-19 Workplace Health and Safety Plans
This policy brief explores components of disability-inclusive COVID-19 health and safety plans.
View Full PDF DocumentDisability-Related Themes Embedded in Executive Order 14035: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) in the Federal Workforce
Learn about disability-related themes in EO 14035.
View Full PDF DocumentDisability-related Provisions of Executive Order 14035: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce
Review the disability-related provisions of EO 14035.
View Full PDF DocumentEARN Fact Sheet for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) Professionals
Learn about the resources EARN provides for DEIA professionals.
View Full PDF DocumentEARN Fact Sheet for Employers
Learn about the resources EARN provides for employers and businesses of all sizes.
View Full PDF DocumentEARN Webinar Learning Guide: Digital Accessibility: Driving Disability Inclusion in the Workplace
Read the companion piece to the EARN Webinar: Digital Accessibility: Driving Disability Inclusion in the Workplace held on June 22, 2021.
View Full PDF DocumentEARN Webinar Learning Guide: Disability Inclusion in Advanced Manufacturing
The path to workplace inclusion of people with disabilities does not need to be complicated. Learn how advanced manufacturing companies can recruit, hire, retain and advance workers with disabilities.
View Full PDF DocumentEARN Webinar Learning Guide: Disability-Inclusive Workplace Culture: Building it to Last
Read the companion piece to EARN's October 20, 2021 webinar explores the benefits of workplace inclusion of people with disabilities.
View Full PDF DocumentEARN Webinar Learning Guide: Mental Health and Wellness in the Workplace
Read the companion piece to EARN's Mental Health and Wellness in the Workplace Webinar held on March 11, 2021 to learn how employers can help support employee wellbeing.
View Full PDF DocumentEARN Webinar Learning Guide: Supporting Employee Mental Health and Wellbeing
Read the companion piece to EARN's “Supporting Employee Mental Health and Wellbeing: The Importance of an Individualized Approach” webinar held on May 18, 2022.
View Full PDF DocumentEARN Webinar Learning Guide: Telework in Action
Learn how telework benefits people with disabilities and employers with this companion piece from EARN's webinar Telework in Action.
View Full PDF DocumentEARN Webinar Learning Guide: The ADA @ 31
Downloadable learning guide that is a companion piece to the ADA @ 31 webinar held on July 29, 2021. Reviews advances that people with disabilities have made under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and emerging implementation issues.
View Full PDF DocumentEARN Webinar Presenter Bios: ADA@31: A Conversation with Bobby Silverstein and Susan Mazrui
Learn about the presenters for EARN's the ADA @ 31: A Conversation with Bobby Silverstein and Susan Mazrui held on July 29, 2021.
View Full PDF DocumentEARN Webinar Presenter Bios: Digital Accessibility: Driving Disability Inclusion in the Workplace
Meet our speakers for the June 22, 2021 webinar, Digital Accessibility: Driving Disability Inclusion in the Workplace.
View Full PDF DocumentEARN Webinar Presenter Bios: Disability-Inclusive Workplace Culture: Building it to Last
Learn about the presenters for EARN's October 20, 2021 webinar on building disability-inclusive workplace cultures.
View Full PDF DocumentEARN Webinar Presenter Bios: Telework in Action
Learn about the panelists from EARN's Telework in Action webinar held on August 12, 2021.
View Full PDF DocumentEARN Webinar Secretary Walsh's Introduction Transcript: Supporting Employee Mental Health and Wellbeing
U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh provided this introduction to the EARN Webinar on May 18, 2022: Supporting Employee Mental Health and Wellbeing: The Importance of an Individualized Approach.
View Full PDF DocumentEARN Webinar Slides: ADA@31: A Conversation with Bobby Silverstein and Susan Mazrui
Presentation slides from the webinar “ADA@31: A Conversation with Bobby Silverstein and Susan Mazrui.”
View Full PDF DocumentEARN Webinar Slides: Digital Accessibility: Driving Disability Inclusion in the Workplace
Explore the slides from EARN's Digital Accessibility: Driving Disability Inclusion in the Workplace webinar held on June 22, 2021.
View Full PDF DocumentEARN Webinar Slides: Disability-Inclusive Workplace Culture: Building it to Last
Presentation slides from EARN's October 20, 2021 webinar on building disability-inclusive workplace culture.
View Full PDF DocumentEARN Webinar Slides: Mental Health and Wellness in the Workplace
Explore the slides from EARN's Mental Health in the Workplace webinar held on March 11, 2020.
View Full PDF DocumentEARN Webinar Slides: Supporting Employee Mental Health and Wellbeing
Explore the slides from EARN's Supporting Employee Mental Health and Wellbeing webinar held on May 18, 2022.
View Full PDF DocumentEARN Webinar Slides: Telework In Action
Presentation slides from EARN's Telework in Action Webinar.
View Full PDF DocumentEmployee Assistance Programs for a New Generation of Employees
This external document explores the benefits of EAPs.
View Full PDF DocumentEncouraging Applicants with Disabilities: Job Descriptions and Announcements (Checklist Explainer)
Find tips for writing accessible job announcements and descriptions.
View Full PDF DocumentEncouraging Applicants with Disabilities: Job Descriptions and Announcements (Checklist)
Use this tool to review your organization's job descriptions and announcements for accessibility.
View Full PDF DocumentEncouraging Employees with Disabilities to Self-Identify
Explore six tips for encouraging self-identification of disability.
View Full PDF DocumentEngaging Employees to Measure Success: Innovative Approaches to Encouraging Self-Identification of Disability (Guide)
This report highlights effective strategies for encouraging employees to self-identify as having a disability.
View Full PDF DocumentFederal Agency Employment Strategies: A Framework for Disability Inclusion (2018 Edition)
Explore legal/regulatory requirements, strategies and practices to increase federal employment of people with disabilities and ensure they are included as part of federal agencies' diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) efforts.
View Full PDF DocumentFederal Agency Promising and Emerging Practices Facilitating Self-Identification of Disability
Learn strategies to encourage federal employees with disabilities to self-identify as having a disability.
View Full PDF DocumentFederal Exchange on Employment & Disability (FEED) Meeting Presentation (June 10, 2021)
View Full PDF DocumentFederal Exchange on Employment & Disability (FEED) Meeting Presentation (June 13, 2019)
U.S. Department of Transportation presentation slides from the June 13, 2019 FEED meeting.
View Full PDF DocumentFederal Exchange on Employment & Disability (FEED) Meeting Resources (June 10, 2021)
Quick reference guide of federal hiring resources.
View Full PDF DocumentFostering Disability-Inclusive Workplaces Through Employee Resource Groups
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are considered an exemplary practice that businesses can leverage to foster a culture of inclusion. This fact sheet explores how ERGs can benefit employees and employers alike.
View Full PDF DocumentHybrid Work: A Guide for Business Leaders
This resource featured in EARN's Telework in Action Webinar explores Microsoft's plan to move to a hybrid work environment.
View Full PDF DocumentIncluding Disability in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Priorities: Building A Maturity Model
Explore this research-based tool to learn about steps you can take to ensure disability is included in your organization’s diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) plan.
View Full PDF DocumentIncreasing Disability Inclusion: Centralized Accommodation Programs as a Best Practice
Learn how centralized accommodation programs (CAPs) consolidate accommodation services and funding to improve outcomes for workers with disabilities.
View Full PDF DocumentLead the Way: Merck's Inclusive Business Culture
Learn about Merck's approach to supporting employee mental health.
View Full PDF DocumentLeveraging the Shift to Remote Work to Increase Employment of People with Disabilities
This practice brief reviews the opportunities and benefits that telework presents for people with disabilities.
View Full PDF DocumentMaximizing the Internship Experience for Interns with Disabilities
Explore the four components of a successful internship program for students with disabilities.
View Full PDF DocumentMentoring as a Disability Inclusion Strategy
Learn how mentoring programs can help improve employee satisfaction, develop organizational leadership and teach new skills.
View Full PDF DocumentNeurodiversity Inclusion: Checklist for Organizational Success
This checklist summarizes some of the lessons learned from successful neurodiversity hiring programs.
View Full PDF DocumentOnline Recruitment of and Outreach to People with Disabilities: Research-Based Practices
This document summarizes results of a literature review on effective strategies for recruiting people with disabilities.
View Full PDF DocumentPandemic Workplace Technology Trends
This Disability Management Employee Coalition (DMEC) document that was highlighted during EARN's Telework in Action webinar shares strategies to ensure safe and effective operations can be maintained during the COVID-19 pandemic.
View Full PDF DocumentPlanning Accessible ERG Events
Learn how to ensure access for all to your employee resource groups (ERGs).
View Full PDF DocumentPlanning an Accessible Career Fair or Hiring Event
This resource explains steps to take before, during and after an online or in-person career fair that are best practices for enhancing accessibility.
View Full PDF DocumentPlanning an Accessible Meeting or Event
This resource explains steps to take before, during and after an online or in-person event that are best practices for enhancing accessibility.
View Full PDF DocumentPlanning an Accessible Training
This resource explains steps to take before, during and after an online or in-person training that are best practices for enhancing accessibility.
View Full PDF DocumentProfessional Development and Advancement of Employees with Disabilities
The research brief explores effective strategies for retaining and advancing employees with disabilities.
View Full PDF DocumentRemote Ergonomics Assessments: Process and Benefits
This document from the Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC) provides information on ergonomics in a remote work environment, including remote ergonomic assessments.
View Full PDF DocumentResults Oriented Work Environment (ROWE) Checklist
This document from the American Society of Clinical Oncology helps to frame conversation about team norms in a Results Oriented Work Environment (ROWE) environment.
View Full PDF DocumentResults Oriented Work Environment (ROWE) FAQs for New Employees
This document from the American Society of Clinical Oncology explains the basics of ROWE to new employees.
View Full PDF DocumentResults Oriented Work Environment (ROWE): FAQs for New Supervisors
This document from the American Society of Clinical Oncology explains how supervisors at the support implementation of a ROWE work environment.
View Full PDF DocumentReview of Community College-Employer Partnerships and Initiatives: Expanding Opportunities for Job Seekers with Disabilities
This report reviews federal, regional and local efforts to support community college partnerships with employers.
View Full PDF DocumentSchedule A Memo
Review a memo that encourages the use of the Schedule A hiring authority in the U.S. Air Force.
View Full PDF DocumentService and Emotional Support Animals in the Workplace: What Federal Employers Should Know
Learn about rules, regulations and strategies related to use of service animals by federal employees with disabilities.
View Full PDF DocumentState Policy Options for Employing People with Disabilities
This external document from the National Conference on State Legislatures (NCSL) reviews promising policy options for state government to be model employers of people with disabilities.
View Full PDF DocumentSummary of Section 501 Rule, As Amended (2017), Requiring Affirmative Action for People With Disabilities in the Federal Government
This EARN policy brief reviews the Rehabilitation Act Section 501 final rule.
View Full PDF DocumentTaking Disability Into Account: Proactive Recruitment & Hiring Practices
This policy brief describes key elements of affirmative action plans.
View Full PDF DocumentTalking About Inclusion@Work: Be Tech Savvy: Accessible Information and Communication Technology
Learn about the role of accessible information and communications technology (ICT) plays in disability inclusion.
View Full PDF DocumentTalking About Inclusion@Work: Build the Pipeline: Outreach and Recruitment
Learn about proactive outreach and recruitment of people with disabilities.
View Full PDF DocumentTalking About Inclusion@Work: Communicate: External and Internal Communication of Company Policies and Procedures
Learn how communication strategies support disability inclusion.
View Full PDF DocumentTalking About Inclusion@Work: Ensure Productivity: Reasonable Accommodations
Learn how job accommodations help ensure workplace inclusion of people with disabilities.
View Full PDF DocumentTalking About Inclusion@Work: Hire (and Keep) the Best
Learn how hiring and retaining employees with disabilities supports workplace diversity and inclusion.
View Full PDF DocumentTalking About Inclusion@Work: Lead the Way: Inclusive Business Culture
Learn strategies for building a disability-inclusive workplace culture.
View Full PDF DocumentTalking About Inclusion@Work: Measure Success: Accountability and Self-Identification
Learn how to measure the success of your organization's disability inclusion efforts.
View Full PDF DocumentThe ADA @ 31: A Review of Emerging Implementation Issues Policy Guide
This guide explores emerging implementation issues related to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), including COVID-19 health and safety plans, telework, digital accessibility, the “gig” economy, artificial intelligence, voluntary affirmative action, centralized accommodation programs and more.
View Full PDF DocumentThe Business Value of Employee Assistance Programs (EAP): A Conceptual Model
This external document explores that business case for EAPs.
View Full PDF DocumentThe Federal Government as a Model Employer of People with Disabilities: Research-Based Practices and Strategies
Explore research-based strategies to ensure people with disabilities are included as part of federal agency diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) efforts.
View Full PDF DocumentThe Relationship Between Federal Agency Disability Practices and Employee Outcomes
Learn about strategies to increase employment of people with disabilities in federal agencies.
View Full PDF DocumentThe Workplace Mentoring Playbook
The Workplace Mentoring Playbook offers strategies, tools and activities for employers and employees interested in establishing mentoring relationships.
View Full PDF DocumentTips for Mentoring Student Interns with Disabilities
A practical guide to supporting student interns with disabilities.
View Full PDF DocumentUse of Artificial Intelligence to Facilitate Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities
Learn about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) as an effective tool to make it easier to recruit, hire, retain and advance people with disabilities.
View Full PDF DocumentWorkforce Recruitment Program
This fact sheet provides an overview of the Workforce Recruitment Program.
View Full PDF DocumentWorking Well: Leading a Mentally Healthy Business
This external document from a collaboration of agencies explores strategies for leading a mentally healthy business.
View Full PDF DocumentWorkplace Wellness Programs in Small Business: Impacting the Bottom Line
This external document from the National Small Business Association explores the role of workplace wellness programs in keeping health care accessible for small businesses.
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