- Strategic Connections: Recruiting Candidates with Disabilities: An introduction and links to basic recruitment strategies and resources for worker with disabilities from the Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy.
- Disability Employment 101: This guide includes information about how to find qualified workers with disabilities and how to successfully integrate them into the workforce from the Department of Education.
- Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion: A free resource that provides recruitment education and connects private businesses and federal agencies nationwide with qualified job candidates for temporary or permanent positions in a variety of fields.
- Employer Resource Guide: Developed to assist employers in hiring and retaining employees with disabilities.
- Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP): This resource connects current and recently graduated post-secondary students with disabilities with federal and private business employers.
- Tips for Employers on Hiring Individuals with Mental Health Conditions: This guide outlines myths about the ability of individuals with lived experience to work, the financial benefits of hiring people with mental health conditions, and inclusive hiring practices for recruitment.
- The Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion has developed a list of state based employer financial incentives.
- Potential tax incentives available for businesses who employ people with disabilities.
- Tax Incentives for Businesses: This U.S. Department of Justice website includes information about two Federal tax incentives available to help cover costs of improving access for individuals with disabilities.
- Work Opportunity Tax Credit: This guide provides information on the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC), a Federal tax credit available to private sector businesses for hiring individuals from nine target groups who have consistently faced significant challenges to employment.
- The Disabled Access Credit: For eligible small businesses, this form provides information on how to receive credit for accessibility updates to the workplace to comply with ADA requirements.
- See how your organization benefits by diversifying your workforce with qualified employees with disabilities.
- See the benefits that having employees with disabilities will offer your organization.
- Learn more about how including individuals with disabilities as part of your workforce can promote the success of your business.
- Additional resources for the successful integration of individuals with disabilities into your workplace.
- Read up on tips to create a welcoming and inclusive workplace environment through respectful communication and language.
- Basic etiquette for building relationships with individuals with disabilities and intersectional identities.
- Explore the Inclusion@Work Framework which outlines strategies for creating an inclusive culture in the workplace.
- This resource guides employers and administrators on how to create an inclusive workplace, beginning with the onboarding process.
- This webinar addresses how leaders can create a welcoming environment for individuals with serious mental health conditions, address stigma, and promote understanding.
- A short summary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Title I covers discrimination in employment.
- Affirmative Action guidelines for federal contractors that promote the inclusion of people with disabilities in the workforce.
- Questions and answers regarding the Federal Laws Prohibiting Job Discrimination provided by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
- Legal advocacy information about the various laws and policies protecting people with disabilities from discrimination in the workplace.
- Information regarding medical inquiries. The Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion has created a guide on when employers can and cannot inquire about disability status before, during, or after the recruitment process.
- Laws and regulations surrounding the recruitment of individuals with disabilities. This source reviews the Americas with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Executive Orders, and veterans legislation.
- Enforcement Guidance on the ADA and Psychiatric Disabilities: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission published this guide, which outlines the ADA’s impact on individuals with psychiatric disabilities seeking employment and answers commonly asked questions.