Employment Practices

At Reed Smith LLP, Onboarding New Hires Included Job Accommodation Training

Reed Smith LLP includes a job accommodations request process as part of their benefits orientation for new hires. Their tailored support ensures each individual receives the correct adjustments designed specifically around them. And all of this information on reasonable accommodations is reinforced in their disability etiquette and awareness training [...]

Quest Diagnostics Provides Training for People Leaders, Including Refresher Training Tied to the Interactive Process

The Quest Diagnostics ADA Team provides training for all people leaders on the ADA and plans a follow up training. Both are also available in their learning management system for future use. Each time a case is opened a link to the training will be included in the communication [...]

Prudential Financial’s Comprehensive Accommodations Initiative Supports Employees with Disabilities

All Prudential employees can access a Workplace Accommodations Intranet Site containing resources for accommodation and work support. They have a centralized and consistent process so that all employees have the right tools and work environment to effectively perform their jobs. As well, individuals with disabilities have the workplace adjustments [...]

PPL Corporation’s Award-Winning Recruitment Program

Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities, subsidiaries of PPL Corporation, have a partnership with the Kentucky Office for the Blind to assist and advise the companies on accommodations for candidates and employees with vision-related disabilities. Specifically, LG&E and KU offer alternative arrangements for candidates who are blind or [...]

Pacific Gas & Electric Corporation’s Innovative Task Bank Program

PG&E has a formal transitional return to work Task Bank Program that targets injured employees (Industrial and Non-Industrial) whose temporary work restrictions cannot be accommodated/no light duty work available in their base department. The program provides a temporary, transitional task assignment for employees with both industrial and non-industrial injuries [...]

Northrop Grumman’s Centralized Accommodations Fund

Over the past three years, the company has put into place a centralized Workplace Accommodations organization consisting of specialists who work with employees, managers, and outside organizations to ensure that employees, applicants, visitors, etc., are provided with the accommodations they need to enable them to fulfill their role within [...]

Benefit Business Partners Drive a Comprehensive Accommodations Model for Microsoft

Microsoft has a team of dedicated Benefit Business Partners aligned by distinct organizations, which provides a high level of personal support, advice and education to employees and managers with regard to all types of leaves of absence, worker's compensation, workplace accommodations, ergonomic accommodations, communicable disease issues, and assists with [...]

Merck’s Stay At Work Assessment and Accommodations Program

Merck partners with their Long-Term Disability vendor Cigna on a Stay At Work program. By referring employees to this Cigna program, the employees connect with a Cigna Vocational Coach to talk through the needs of the employee and their disability. Cigna then helps Merck provide employees with recommended accommodations [...]

Mayo Clinic’s Return-to-Work Accommodations Model

The Recovery and Claims Services-Return to Work (RTW) Section at the Mayo Clinic developed an electronic accommodation request form for employee access.  They also provide online resources and Mayo’s ergonomist and accommodation experts for onsite worksite evaluations. RTW has established relationships with external agencies i.e., State Services for the [...]

Mastercard Implements Ergonomics Training, Reasonable Accommodation Supports and Sensory Quiet Rooms in Global Office Design Standards

At Mastercard, they have taken a multi-pronged approach to supports and access for their employees with disabilities. First, Ergopoint, a 30-minute ergonomic training and assessment video, is available to workers globally. Standard requests, such as sit to stand desks, footrests, etc., are routed directly to the on-site facility lead [...]

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