subject: DiversityInc's Top 10 Companies for People with Disabilities
What makes a company a great place to work for people with
disabilities? An inclusive culture that values people and
allows them to be open about who they are. A workplace that
accommodates people's needs so they can maximize their
talent and skills. A marketplace that reaches out to people
with disabilities and values them as customers.
Methodology: To determine this list, we relied on
answers to the 2009 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for
Diversity survey, specifically: questions on having active
recruitment programs for people with disabilities; having a
strong employee-resource group for people with disabilities;
and having certain work/life benefits, such as flex time,
telecommuting, caregiver assistance, and leaves of absence.
We also looked at the websites of the companies to see what
content/images they have about people with disabilities.
Here are the DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for People
With Disabilities with a reason why each one made the list.
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1. IBM Corp. has been at the forefront of hiring,
retaining and promoting employees with disabilities and is
expanding its efforts globally. The company also has been
the most outspoken opponent of genetic testing for employees
and has been clear and vocal in its values-driven mission.
2. Ernst & Young has a world-class AccessAbilities
employee-resource group that is "charged with helping the
firm unleash the full abilities of all our people,"
according to the company. Its members meet monthly through
a conference call and have Abilities Champions who make sure
disabilities-awareness messages and educational material are
part of communications, meetings and events. About
two-thirds of AccessAbilities members do not have
disabilities themselves.
3. Cisco Systems provides excellent benefits for people
with disabilities and for employees who are caring for
people with disabilities, including an on-site health
center, an on-site pharmacy, healthcare incentives, job
sharing and alternative career tracks for people with
long-term family-care issues.
4. Procter & Gamble's People with Disabilities Task
Force is a national leader in accessibility in workplace
accommodations, recruitment, retention, training and
partnerships with organizations such as Career Opportunities
for Students with Disabilities.
5. Kaiser Permanente, with the help of its strong
Persons with Disabilities employee-resource group, is a
national leader in culturally competent healthcare and in
workplace accommodations for employees with disabilities.
6. SC Johnson has first-rate employee-resource groups,
including Abilities First Business Council, Elder Care Giver
Support Group and Parents of Special Needs Children Support
Group. The Johnson Abilities First Business Council was
established in 1995 as a support group for people dealing
with disabilities in the workplace and now is a key advisory
group that helps the company meet its business objectives.
7. Aetna's new AetnAbilities employee-resource group is
proving a strong and valuable asset. The company also has a
Caregiver group and is an advocate for ending cultural
disparities in healthcare.
8. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has excellent
benefits for people with disabilities, including
sign-language courses and work/life counselors.
Philanthropic donations include the New York School for the
Deaf.
9. Sodexo's employee-resource group for people with
disabilities, Sodexo Organization for disAbilities Resources
(SOAR), helped create a self-paced and interactive
e-learning module on disability awareness for employees.
SOAR spearheaded events and webinars with the National
Organization on Disability to recognize and promote National
Disability Employment Awareness Month (in October).
10. KPMG has first-rate benefits, including shared
leave, shared backup care, flexible hours and job sharing.
The company's Disability Network employee-resource group
provides guidance on and raises awareness of workplace
issues that affect KPMG partners and employees who have a
disability or who have a child or other dependent with
disabilities.
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(By Barbara Frankel, copyright DiversityInc)
source:
taken from
MATILDA ZIEGLER MAGAZINE
October 2009 Issue.
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