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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.
Advancing & 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.
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 inclusive from start to finish.
Ensure Productivity: Reasonable Accommodations
Learn about a basic element of workplace inclusion.
Ensuring Accessibility in the Recruitment Process
Assess your workplace to ensure its doors, including virtual doors, are open to all applicants.
Equity in Workplace Flexibility
Learn about the importance of ensuring your organization’s workplace flexibility policies are equitable for all employees.
Exploring the Possibilities: Disability-Inclusive Hybrid Work Models
Learn about developing and implementing hybrid work models that are equitable and accessible for all employees, including people with disabilities.
Inclusion@Work: A Framework for Building a Disability-Inclusive Organization
Explore strategies for creating disability-inclusive workplace cultures and meeting your organization's diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) goals.
Inclusive Hiring: Applicable Laws and Regulations
Learn about federal laws and regulations that impact the hiring process.
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.
Lessons Learned: Accommodating and Retaining Educators with Disabilities
Find out about the role workplace accommodations play in retaining teachers 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.
Opioid Use and Mental Health in the Construction Industry: The Importance of Workplace Supports
A safe and healthy workplace includes strategies to promote good mental health and combat substance use disorder, especially opioid misuse.
Self-Paced Trainings: Strategies for Disability Inclusion
Explore EARN's training courses on disability inclusion in the workplace.
Service 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.
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.
Talking About Inclusion@Work: Ensure Productivity: Reasonable Accommodations
Learn how job accommodations help ensure workplace inclusion of people with disabilities.
Transportation and Workplace Flexibility
Find out how workplace flexibility benefits employees who face barriers getting to and from work.
Video Case Study: Accommodating and Retaining Teachers with Disabilities
Simple accommodations can help schools retain and advance teachers with disabilities, fostering an inclusive culture.
Workplace Flexibility
Learn how workplace flexibility helps create an inclusive, accessible, and equitable workplace culture.
411 on Disability Disclosure: Employer Edition
Learn more about the complexity of disability disclosure decisions in the workplace.