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A Guide for Workers with Substance Use Disorder (SUD): What You Should Know
This guide, developed by EARN and the Job Accommodation Network (JAN), provides information and resources to help workers with substance use disorder (SUD) navigate employment situations as people with disabilities.
Absence and Disability Management Policies
Learn more about employee absenteeism, its causes and how to manage it.
Accommodations and Advancement
Learn about reasonable accommodations and how they can help employees advance in their careers.
Accommodations and Retention
Learn about the role accommodations play in retaining employees with disabilities.
Adopting 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.
Advocate Aurora Health: Securing Talent through Inclusive Interviews
Find out how Advocate Aurora Health’s skills based hiring initiative has created a pipeline for hiring disabled people.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) @ 31: A Review of Emerging Implementation Issues Policy Guide
Learn about current and future ADA issues.
Caregiving and Workplace Flexibility
Workplace flexibility may be particularly beneficial for employees who are family caregivers. Read this issue brief to learn more.
Centralized Accommodation Programs (CAP) in Practice
This checklist provides an overview of the essential components of a centralized accommodation program.
Creating a Disability-Inclusive Workplace: The Role of Accommodations (Learning Guide)
Learn about the important role accommodations play in creating inclusive workplaces.
Deloitte: Retaining a High Performing Employee Through Workplace Accommodations
Employer Case Study: Learn how a small monetary investment helped a high performing employee return to work after developing a physical disability.
Disability Disclosure: An Introduction
Learn more about how and why people with disabilities might choose to disclose a disability in the workplace.
EY: Using a Collaborative Approach to Accommodate Interns with Disabilities
Learn about strategies that EY utilizes to ensure student internship opportunities include disability from start to finish.
Ensure Productivity: Reasonable Accommodations
Learn about a basic element of workplace disability inclusion.
Ensuring Accessibility in the Recruitment Process
Assess your workplace to ensure its doors, including virtual doors, are open to all applicants.
Increasing 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.
Lockheed Martin: Customizing Accommodations Results in Increased Productivity for All
Employer Case Study: Learn how providing customized accommodations for employees with disabilities results in improved productivity at Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed Martin: Making a Small Investment to Retain Talent
Employer Case Study: Retention strategies help Lockheed Martin keep a valued employee.
Section I. Acing the Basics
Explore the basics to successfully recruiting, hiring, retaining, and advancing employees with disabilities in this first section of the Workplace Accommodation and Accessibility Policy Toolkit.
Section II. Developing an Efficient and Responsive Accommodation Process
Learn about developing an interactive accommodation process, which is essential to disability inclusion, in this section of the Workplace Accommodation and Accessibility Policy Toolkit.
Section III. Developing an Effective Accessibility Program
Explore how to build an effective accessibility program in this section of the Workplace Accommodation and Accessibility Policy Toolkit.
Section IV. Linking Accessibility and Accommodation Policy
This section of the Workplace Accommodation and Accessibility Policy Toolkit reviews how and why to integrate accessibility and accommodation processes in the workplace.
Section V. Tallying Business Benefits
Explore the business benefits of investing in accommodation and accessibility in the workplace in this section of the Workplace Accommodation and Accessibility Policy Toolkit.
Section VI. Resources
Find resources to further support employers in recruiting, hiring, retaining, and advancing people with disabilities in this final section of the Workplace Accommodation and Accessibility Policy Toolkit.
Self-Paced Trainings: Strategies for Disability Employment
Explore EARN's training courses on inclusion of people with disabilities in the workplace.
Supporting Employees with Substance Use Disorder (SUD): A Guide for Employers
This guide, developed by EARN and the Job Accommodation Network (JAN), provides information and resources to help employers develop recovery-ready workplace (RRW) policies and address substance use in their workforce.
Talent Case Study: Dr. Julie Meade: Writing Her Own Story
Learn about the career path of a scientific writer with multiple disabilities.
Talent Case Study: Ethan Och: Launching a Career in Aerospace Engineering
Hard work, perseverance, and an in-demand skillset lay the foundation for breaking into a competitive field.
Transportation and Workplace Flexibility
Find out how workplace flexibility benefits employees who face barriers getting to and from work.
Workplace Accommodation and Accessibility Policy: A Disability Employment Toolkit
Explore valuable policy assessment information, actionable steps, sample policies, and resources on accommodations and accessibility in this toolkit developed by EARN and the Job Accommodation Network (JAN).
Workplace Flexibility
Learn how workplace flexibility helps create a supportive, accessible, and equitable workplace culture.
411 on Disability Disclosure: Employer Edition
Learn more about the complexity of disability disclosure decisions in the workplace.