Resources for Employers
In addition to providing and regularly updating the resources below, Work Without Limits offers membership in our Business Network; a robust consortium of employers committed to inclusion of people with disabilities as employees, customers and suppliers.
Getting Started with Disability Inclusion
- ADA National Network Employment Resource Hub
- Become an Employer of Choice (pdf)*
- Disability Inclusive Workplaces: Employer and Employee Perspectives (Video)
- Getting Started with Disability Inclusion Checklist (pdf)
- Inclusion@Work Framework
- Provide Disability Inclusion Training for your Organization
- Work Matters: A Framework for States on Workforce Development for People with Disabilities (pdf)
Accessibility
Events, Facilities and Transportation
- Accessible Meeting & Event Checklist
- ADA Checklist for Existing Facilities
- Microsoft Virtual Event Playbook
- Planning an Accessible Meeting or Event
- Workplace Flexibility
Documents
- Steps to Make your PowerPoint Accessible Guide (pdf)*
- Creating Accessible Word Documents 101 Guide
- Six Tips for Creating More Accessible Word Documents
Technology
Accommodations and Performance Discussions
- Accommodations for Employees with Mental Health Conditions
- Accommodations: Sample Forms (JAN)
- Applying Performance and Conduct Standards to Employees with Disabilities
- Interactive Process Guidelines
- Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
- Reasonable Accommodations and the Interactive Process (pdf)
- Workplace Accommodations & Adjustments*
Business Case for Disability Inclusion
Indexes/Benchmarking Tools
Research
- Disability Employment in the Workplace: Why It Matters
- The Disability Inclusion Imperative (pdf)
- Enabling Change, Getting to Equal: Disability Inclusion_2020 (pdf)
- SHRM: Labor Force Snapshot: People with Disabilities in the U.S. Labor Force
Tax Credits
Mental Health
- Create a Mental Health Friendly Workplace
- Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN): Mental Health Conditions in the United States
- Workplace Mental Health Toolkit
- National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI)
- 60 Digital Resources for Mental Health
- Training – Strategies to Support Mental Health in the Workplace
Recruiting and Interviewing Candidates with Disabilities
- Disability Outreach and Inclusion Messaging: Assessment Checklist for Career Pages
- Encouraging Applicants with Disabilities: Job Descriptions and Announcements Checklist
- Interview Accommodations for Candidates with Disabilities*
- Our Ability Jobs Board
- Quick Tips – Interviewing People with Disabilities*
- Quick Tips – Recruiting People with Disabilities*
- Recruit, Hire, Retain, and Advance People with Disabilities
- Training – Interviewing Candidates with Disabilities
- Workforce Recruitment Program
Supplier Diversity
Supplier Diversity Best Practices
- Disability-Owned Business Enterprise (DOBE) Certification Presentation & Webinar Recording (a presentation of Disability:IN)
- Massachusetts Supplier Diversity Office Programs, Database and Tools
Disability Owned Business Enterprise (DOBE) Contractors
- Form Letter Requesting Disability-Owned Firm to Obtain Disability:IN Certification (all diverse segments)
- Form Letter Requesting Disability-Owned Firm to Obtain Disability:IN Certification (disability)
- Strong Supplier Diversity Messaging
Suppliers
*A Work Without Limits Resource