Sephora’s All Abilities Hiring Initiative is a structured nine-week paid program leveraging local advocacy groups and educational institutions to train and ultimately recruit talent with disabilities. Since launching in 2017, the program has provided employment opportunities to 246 candidates with disabilities.
Twitter provides accommodation training to all managers; has a centralized accommodation program in the US that’s coordinated by a trained and highly experienced team; and recently created a centralized accommodation budget to remove any financial concern that a manager may have from the consideration of an individual accommodation. [...]
In 2021, Chemonics launched its first Count Me In campaign to give employees the information they need to self-identify a disability (whether mental or physical), allowing staff to be counted and contribute to the larger culture of inclusion and accommodation companywide.
ZVRS and Purple Communications offer clients education and training on available technology solutions for communication access. Their mission is to lower the 70% unemployment and underemployment rate for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. They share recommended technology solutions that offer Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals the ability [...]
United Technologies Corporation (now Raytheon Technologies) contracts with Cornell University to use their just-in-time disability toolkit. This partnership delivers content on accommodations and other disability inclusion topics to managers of employees with disabilities and the internal HR community.
USAA has a centralized Leave, Disability, and Accommodation group that conducts training to new and incumbent leaders during Leadership Development School, house calls, and department staff meetings. Additionally, there is also a myriad of educational information on the company intranet and employee handbook explaining how the accommodation program works. [...]
U.S. Cellular uses a confidential third-party service provider to collect and review medical information so that their associates are not forced to give their leaders any medical information.
Tufts Health Plan employees who require an accommodation due to disability are referred to a third-party administrator to ensure that employees are not required to divulge health information to their managers. Interactive dialogue and decisions on accommodations are made with a team, including human resources, which works closely with [...]
State Street provides a centralized recruiting fund to support managers and influence the culture in the workplace for departments who wish to hire interns with disabilities and don’t have the financial budget to support an intern expense, as all internships at State Street are paid. This first year “seed” [...]
Southwest Airlines’ White Glove Support is a dedicated technology service for employees who are blind and low vision. It includes real-time technology assistance including a dedicated phone line that connects them directly to help desk support and informational support on software and applications. Additionally, employees now have a dedicated [...]