Implications of workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities
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Demand-side and supply-side factors are explored related to workplace accommodations for individuals with disabilities. Employers who had sought and received consultation from the Job Accommodation Network were later contacted for a follow-up interview. The data from these 1,293 interviews include effectiveness of customized employment, direct benefits to employers, and indirect benefits to employers. The primary demand-side benefits of effective accommodation implementation identified by these employers were (a) retained a qualified employee, (b) increased the overall company's productivity as well as employee's productivity, (c) eliminated cost of having a new employee, (d) increased overall company morale, and (e) increased the accommodated employee's attendance.
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Accommodations and proactive management of disabilities can help reduce workers' compensation and insurance costs.
“Finally, accommodations and proactive management of disabilities can help reduce workers’ compensation and insurance costs (Gardner & Johnson, 2004; Solovieva & Walls, 2013).”
From The Participation of People with Disabilities in the Workplace Across the Employment Cycle: Employer Concerns and Research Evidence (2020) · cites this paper as Solovieva & Walls, 2013
Similar figures on non-implementation of requested adjustments are also seen in the US.
“Similar figures are also seen in the US [33].”
From Autistic adults’ views and experiences of requesting and receiving workplace adjustments in the UK (2022) · cites this paper as [33]
Other disability groups have approximately 30% of adjustment requests not implemented.
“This finding replicates those from other disability groups where approximately 30% of adjustment requests are not implemented [32, 33].”
From Autistic adults’ views and experiences of requesting and receiving workplace adjustments in the UK (2022) · cites this paper as [33]
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“…89% of the survey respondents indicated that the accommodations helped retain employees (see also Schmidt & Smith, 2007; Solovieva et al., 2011; Solovieva & Walls, 2013), 72% reported improved employee productivity, 56% noted increased employee attendance, and 38% reported observable saving in…”
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- Authors
- Solovieva, T. I., & Walls, R. T.
- Affiliations
- West Virginia University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Solovieva, Tatiana I.
- Venue
- Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2013-07
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 192-211
- ISSN
- 1555-5240 (ISSN-L)
- 1555-5259
- OpenAlex
- W2003794518
- Cited by
- 26
- References
- 57
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- FWCI
- 2.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Disability Education and Employment
- Social Sciences › Demography › Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Therapy Practice and Research
- Keywords
- workplace accommodations, people with disabilities, customized employment, employer benefits, employee retention, productivity, employee morale, employee attendance, employment of people with disabilities
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