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Steering Committee

Our Steering Committee consists mainly of multinational enterprise members, of which one acts as a Chair and one as a Vice-Chair for two years. Other Steering Committee members include National Business and Disability Networks as well as not-for-prof...

Recruitment of persons with disabilities

To benefit from wider Diversity & Inclusion in companies, recruitment policies and procedures need to be inclusive of persons with disabilities. Ranging from disability awareness among recruiters, accessible e-recruitment platforms and a focus on...

Workplace Adjustment Services

Reasonable adjustments, often also referred to as reasonable accommodations, ensure meaningful equal opportunities for employees at the workplace, so their skills and talents can be used to full capacity. By recognizing and adapting for individ...

Neurodiversity

Neurodiversity refers to the idea that all humans have diverse cognitive profiles, neurological abilities and strengths and weaknesses, which should be recognized and respected. Neurominorities are on a spectrum of cognitive functioning, who th...

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Company self-assessment on mental health

The GBDN has developed a mental health self-assessment tool for companies to guide them in successfully addressing mental health issues at work. The tool will allow you to assess your company’s current practices related to mental health. It serves ...

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The ILO Global Business and Disability Network welcomes multinational companies, national employers' organizations and networks, academic institutions, and global and regional disabled people's organizations....

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We work worldwide to support companies on their journey to become inclusive of persons with disabilities by providing technical guidance and facilitating peer-to-peer exchange among businesses, because people with disabilities are among the most marg...

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Mental health at work

Mental health in the workplace is an emerging issue that impacts individuals, corporations, and society as a whole. Given the significant economic consequences of this issue, there is a strong business case for improving mental health at the workplac...

Digital accessibility

Digital accessibility is a key concept in creating more diverse and inclusive companies. The business case for digital accessibility – both in terms of attracting more diverse talent, including employees with disabilities, and increasing the base o...

Combating stigma and stereotype

Businesses around the world are changing their ideas about the possibilities of employing people with disabilities. Private companies can tackle stigma and stereotypes attached to disability in many way and successfully shift to a focus on talent and...

Private sector employment in developing countries

Private sector companies can play a key role in challenging the widely held view that the only opportunity for people with disabilities in developing countries to obtain a livelihood is through self-employment in the informal economy. An effective wa...

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The ILO Global Business and Disability Network works to create a global workforce culture that is respectful and welcoming of people with disabilities. As part of this mission, much of our work is focused on four priority areas that are crucial to ac...

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The ten principles of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network Charter provide a framework to help enterprises achieve business success while simultaneously creating equal opportunities for people with disabilities. The Charter Self-Assessment...

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To promote the hiring, retention and promotion of people with disabilities at the national level, it is essential for companies to understand the policy and legal framework in their country of operation and to make connections with like-minded partne...

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This is an example page. It's different from a blog post because it will stay in one place and will show up in your site navigation (in most themes). Most people start with an About page that introduces them to potential site visitors. It might say s...

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This policy sets out how the ILO Global Business and Disability Network provides our visitors with quality information and resources while maintaining individual anonymity and personal privacy. Personal information If the user provides unique...

The Valuable 500’s Self-ID guide

The Valuable 500 launched a guide on self-identification on various topics such as the process of self-identification for persons with disabilities, the psychology of self-identification and why it is important for companies to create cultures of tru...

Mental Health and Wellbeing at Work

The International Organisation of Employers (IOE) published guidelines for employers on how to prevent the development of mental health conditions in the workplace, what policies and actions around mental health are recommended to be integrated into ...

Fostering Disability Inclusion and Business Integrity in ASEAN

This UNDP report examines case studies in six ASEAN countries – Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam – to illustrate promising practices in disability-inclusive businesses through innovative policies and practices, ult...

Inclusive Employer Toolbox by H&I

Aimed at all kind of employers, this awareness campaign by Humanity & Inclusion (H&I) brings together information and free resources on the 5 dimensions of inclusion in companies, as well as key figures and advice to help you assert your CSR ...

AI for disability inclusion – Enabling change with advanced technology

Some key findings of the report: There is an overarching barrier to employing persons with disabilities: the misperception that finding, hiring, on-boarding and developing persons with disabilities is too difficult and not worth the effort and r...

Leave no one offline: A primer on engaging your company on digital accessibility

Digital accessibility, not as a compliance measure, but as a “human-first” based digital inclusion transformation initiative, is at the beginning of its journey. If companies can establish digital accessibility as a foundational pillar to their o...

EARN’s Mental Health Toolkit: Resources for Fostering a Mentally Healthy Workplace

EARN’s Mental Health Toolkit is a gateway to background, tools and resources that can help employers learn more about mental health issues and cultivate a welcoming and supportive work environment for employees who may be facing mental health issue...

Building disability and mental health confidence: Barclays’ journey to becoming an accessible and inclusive business

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How to tackle mental health in the workplace as a manager and colleague

This article goes into detail about mental health conditions that are prevalent in the workplace, such as stress, anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. The resource provides information on how managers can support the mental health of individual ...

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Creative Differences – A handbook for embracing neurodiversity in the creative industries

Neurodiverse (ND) and neurodiversity refer to the infinite variation in cognitive functioning that can lead to differences in thinking, attention and memory. This handbook explores the experiences of people with specific facets of neurodiversity such...

#invalidopinions campaign

The #invalidopinions campaign puts a spotlight on a number of individuals defying invalid opinions that hold back people with disabilities – asking the viewer to confront their own beliefs and misconceptions that might be inadvertently contributing...

Making the future of work inclusive of people with disabilities

The future of work is still to be shaped, and we can all influence it to some extent. Driven by this idea and aware of the urgency to take action, the ILO Global Business and Disability Network and Fundación ONCE have developed this publication. Thi...

Health and well-being at work Examines trends in absence and health and well-being in UK workplaces

The nineteenth annual CIPD survey exploring trends and practices in health, well-being and absence management in UK workplaces has been produced in partnership with Simplyhealth. It was completed in November 2018 by more than 1,000 people profession...

Taking disability confidence global – Practical tips on how to increase disability confidence in organizations

EY produced this booklet, showcasing key learning from speakers at their recent disability conference for global employers, providing practical tips on what you can do to increase disability confidence in your organizations....

The Accessibility Advantage: Why Businesses Should Care About Inclusive Design

This Accenture whitepaper demonstrates the value of inclusive design and disability inclusion policies and practices. Accessibility awareness and inclusivity not only support workplace equality but are often correlated with growth and profitability. ...

Instituto GPA – Programa Sementes

Video of the Programa Sementes on the vocational training of people with disabilities in bakery and confectionery - an initiative by Instituto GPA....

Sodexo Safety Moments Mental Health

Committed to offering a mentally healthy workplace, Sodexo invites all of you to observe the International Day of Persons with Disabilities....

The Disability Inclusion Advantage

Companies that embrace best practices for employing and supporting more persons with disabilities in their workforce have outperformed their peers, according to our new research, in partnership with Disability:IN and the American Association of Peopl...

Putting Our Minds To It – Addressing the Invisible Risk of Mental Health

This guide, published by international professional services company Ernst & Young, suggests actions which organisations can take to improve mental health and well-being of their workers....

User’s Guide for QPS Nordic: The General Nordic questionnaire for psychological and social factors at work (QPS Nordic )

This document provides guideline on the General Nordic Questionnaire for psychological and social factors at work, as well as the instrument itself. This tool has good psychometric properties and is available in Nordic languages and in English....

Effort-Reward Imbalance at Work Questionnaire

This questionnaire is intended for measuring the effort-reward imbalance at work that can lead to stress. It has good psychometric properties and is available in the following languages: Brazilian, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Ita...

Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire – COPSOQ II

The Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ) is a tool developed at NRCWE in Denmark with the aim of assessing and improving the psychosocial work environment. It has good psychometric properties and is available in three versions: short for co...

Managing Mental Health Risks at Work – Training for Managers and Employees

This training module allows employees and managers to assess common workplace scenarios that can impact mental health of employees. The module gives the user options for exploring different actions and provides insights for employees and managers on ...

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety

Easy-to-read, question-and-answer fact sheet about how to address and support mental health at work....

ProMenPol Toolkit

The ProMenPol toolkit provides a process manual for each of the stages of mental health promotion implementation as well as an enhanced search function. The manual provides step-by-step instructions on how to implement a mental health promotion proje...

Workplace Prevention of Mental Health Problems Guidelines for Organisations

Short guidelines consist of actions organisations can take to prevent common mental health problems in the workplace, in order to improve their practices and reduce psychosocial risks. The guidelines are intended to complement existing legislative re...

Guarding Minds @ Work: A Workplace Guide to Psychological Health & Safety

The free resource for organizations with proactive, comprehensive ways to assess the psychological health and safety of their specific workplaces, along with information on appropriate solutions and a method of measuring the effectiveness of those so...

Workplace Strategies for Mental Health

This website provides free information, tools and resources available to employers to address psychological health and safety and mental health....

Public Reporting Guidelines on Employee Engagement and Wellbeing

The public reporting guidelines on employee engagement ad wellbeing provide a framework for taking a strategic, proactive and integrated approach to employee wellbeing and engagement. The five segments of the model cover the actions businesses need t...

Promoting Mental Wellbeing at Work Overview

The interactive flowchart that provides recommendations on promoting well-being at work....

E-guide to Managing Stress and Psychosocial Risks

The e-guide to managing stress and psychosocial risks provides information about work-related stress and psychosocial risks to foster awareness, understanding and management of these issues in the workplace. It is designed to respond to the needs of ...

We are Union: OHS Reps

We Are Union is Victorian Trades Hall Council's campaigning and advocacy network. The resource provides information on stress, including definitions, legal standards, action plan, checklists for stress risk assessment and first aid, along with additi...

Napo in… when stress strikes

The Napo series of films are produced in computer graphics. They feature characters in the world of work, faced with safety issues....

Health and Safety Factsheet

Short factsheets about Employee Assistance Programs (EAP), work/life balance and workplace stress....

Guidance on Work-related Stress. Spice of Life or Kiss of Death

Comprehensive guidance on work-related stress. It provides an overview of the background, the challenges and measures for the prevention of work-related stress. It is available in English, German, Spanish, French and Italian....

Guidance for the Prevention of Stress and Violence at the Workplace

Guidance for the prevention of stress and violence in the workplace. It includes information on the approach, assessment, interventions and monitoring and evaluation. This document is written in English and Malaysian....

Good Work. Good Health. Improving the Mental Wellbeing of Workers Within the Telecommunication Sector

Brief good practice guideline on improving the mental wellbeing of workers in the telecommunications sector. It includes information on work hazards to mental health, mitigating harm and assisting rehabilitation as well as implementation of good prac...

OSHWiki

OSHwiki is based on the wiki concept (see Wikipedia) of developing an online encyclopaedia where users collaborate to create and share knowledge. It provides information on psychosocial risks and workers' health....

Risk Observatory – A Tool for Improving Safety and Health at the Workplace

This study aimed to assess the working environment, the employers’ possibilities and willingness to carry out risk assessment, ways to manage risks and the steps being taken towards progressive improvement in OHS....

Management Standards – Health and Safety Executive

This resource provides information on the management standards to address work-related stress, including preparing the organization, identifying the risk factors, evaluating the risks, recording data and monitoring and reviewing....

Health and Safety Executive

This resource provides information on what needs to be considered when managing health and safety and assessing the risks in the workplace. It includes information on the planning for health and safety, controlling the risks, providing supervision, t...

Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers

This toolkit on the assessment and control of workplace psychosocial hazards includes relevant definitions, common causes of mental health conditions, legal framework (focusing on Ontario, Canada), possible actions to take and additional resources....

Guidance on General Risk Assessment for Work-Related Stress

Short document on guidance regarding psychosocial risk assessment....

National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety

The National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace (the Standard) is a set of voluntary guidelines, tools and resources intended to guide organizations in promoting mental health and preventing psychological harm at ...

Drivers and barriers for psychosocial risk management: an analysis of the findings of the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER) Report

This report provides valuable information on drivers and barriers for psychosocial risk management in the workplace. It contains policy context, translation of policy into practice, conceptual framework of the report as well as data analysis and disc...

Management of psychosocial risks at work: An analysis of the findings of the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER)

This report provides valuable information on psychosocial risk management in the workplace. It contains a conceptual framework, analysis of the data, discussion of results and policy recommendations addressing the management of psychosocial risks....

Heads Up – Return on Investment Tool

The Heads Up ROI tool helps to calculate the potential cost savings of taking action to create a mentally healthy workplace, based on the business size and industry. It draws on analysis by PwC, which averages out the impact of seven common workplace...

The SOLVE training package: Integrating health promotion into workplace OSH policies

The SOLVE training package focuses on the prevention of psychosocial risks and the promotion of health and well-being at work through policy design and action. It includes a participant's workbook, a trainer's guide, lesson plans and CD-ROM with pres...

Stress Prevention at Work Checkpoints: Practical Improvements for Stress Prevention in the Workplace

This manual, intended for companies, includes easy-to-apply checkpoints for identifying stressors in working life and mitigating their harmful effects. It also provides guidance on linking workplace risk assessment with the process of stress preventi...

Mental Health Promotion in the Workplace – A Good Practice Report

In 2009, a case study collection on mental health at work was conducted by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA). The present report is based on this collection of good practice examples. The aim of this report was to review the...

StigmaFree Company

StigmaFree Company is a part of a broader campaign which aims to end stigma related to mental health. It is an initiative to challenge, highlight and cultivate a company culture of caring and enhanced engagement around mental health. Various material...

Heads Together

This campaign aims to challenge mental health stigma and change how it is perceived....

Mates in Mind

A programme launched in early 2017 by the with the support of the British Safety Council. It is sector-wide programme intended to help improve and promote positive mental health across the construction industry in the UK. The aim is to provide a cons...

Green Ribbon Campaign

A month long national Green Ribbon Campaign will rolled out to get people talking openly about mental health problems in May 2017. More than 500,000 green ribbons will be distributed nationwide free of charge to spark a national conversation about me...

Mental Health Awareness Week

The campaign seeks to uncover why too few of us are thriving with good mental health. The website includes information and resources relevant to combating stigma and raising awareness on mental health....

Depression: Let’s Talk

A global campaign on depression, developed by WHO and highlighted on World Health Day 2017. The website offers useful information, short videos and poster related to depression....

Opening Minds

Opening Minds focus on reducing stigma related to mental health conditions. The website offers publications on mental health in general, in the workplace and healthcare settings....

Workplace Strategies for Mental Health – Framework to help Eliminate Stigma

This website offers free information, tools and resources available to employers and organizations on elimination of mental health stigma. It gives information on the business case for reducing stigma, assessing the situation, creating, evaluating an...

Each of Us

An anti-stigma and discrimination campaign aiming to raise awareness of mental health conditions. It seeks to show that mental health problems are more common than we think, and that each of us can be part of the solution in changing minds and ending...

Elephant in the Room

Elephant in the Room is a national anti-stigma campaign designed to eliminate stigma associated with mental health conditions. The website provides posters, research on the campaign and a list of campaign participants....

Evaluation of ‘See Me’ – the National Scottish Campaign Against the Stigma and Discrimination Associated with Mental Ill-Health – RF 73/2009

This website provides an executive summary of the evaluation of See Me anti-stigma campaign....

The Power of Okay

See Me provoking campaign The Power of Okay is about getting people talking about mental health and being there for each other....

See Me

A mental health stigma and discrimination campaign, that includes various information for different stakeholders about creating a safe and mentally healthy environment. Information provided address senior management, policy, practices and law, traini...

Mental Health: We’re Ready to Talk

This report provides a business case for employee mental well-being, suggests actions employers can take and offers case studies and a route map to help ensure that mental wellbeing becomes a strategic boardroom issue....

Time to Change

A campaign to end the stigma and discrimination that people with mental health conditions face. It includes the Employer Pledge - an aspirational statement indicating to employees, service users and the public that an organisation wants to take actio...

Bell Let’s Talk

A nationwide mental health awareness campaign. The website contains a toolkit that includes a conversation guide, helpful tips for the workplace and shareable images for every individual to use as a sign of support in combating stigma and raising awa...

Mental Health Awareness – Workplace Strategies for Mental Health

The website provides resources that can help reduce stigma, increase wellness, and improve workplace psychological health and safety. Free resources, videos and strategies, including a stress-management tool are available....

Leading on Mental Wellbeing: Transforming the Role of Line Managers

This report calls on businesses to provide better support for line managers on employee mental wellbeing and to introduce Mental Health First Aid training for line managers. It highlights the evidence for empowering line managers to make a greater po...

Mentally Healthy Workplaces

This training is for anyone who wants to learn more about mental health in the workplace, including managers. It is designed to increase the awareness of mental health and how it can affect people in the workplace. The course includes nine sections a...

Business in Mind

An interactive online source intended for small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) with information and advice on how to manage mental health issues in the workplace. It addresses the unique challenges faced by smaller to medium businesses, which often don�...

Training Package For All Workplaces

This toolbox talk training package is designed to equip anyone managing staff with the knowledge, skills and confidence to deliver mental health toolbox talks to their team. It aims to encourage conversations about mental health in the workplace, red...

What Would You Do? Approaching an Employee You’re Concerned About

This resource assists managers to address a common workplace scenario. It provides short videos and using a ‘choose a pathway’ approach, managers are prompted to help an employee dealing with a mental health condition to the benefit of the employ...

Managing Well

Information for managers on how to respond effectively to an employee who experience mental health problems....

Mental Health First Aid England

Information on Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Training for organizations....

Tackle Mental Health

Advice for employers on how to address mental health. It contains information on how to recognize early symptoms and carry out a conversation with an employee with a mental health condition, how to provide a healthy workplace and how to create suppor...

Mind

Mind is an initiative that provides advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. It offers resources and materials for managers on how to address mental health in their organizations....

Training Programs – Heads Up

A range of training programs, both face-to-face and online, that can assist leaders, managers and employees to understand mental health in the workplace....

See Me in Work e-Learning Portal

Free and easy to use e-learning portal for managers and staff covering important aspects of on mental health at work. It contains short educational videos and a brief test....

Developing Managers for Engagement and Well-being

Resources aiming at developing managers to support employee engagement, health and well-being. They include a simplified model and checklists highlighting the range of factors that can enhance or reduce the effectiveness of management development pro...

Line Management Behaviour and Stress at Work

The guidance offering practical help for HR and line managers to tackle the issue of stress at work. They are presented as three separate leaflets available for download: a framework for line managers, guidance for line managers and advice for HR pro...

Awareness Education for Leaders Using Working Through It – Workplace Strategies Mental Health

An outline of a session of the Working Through It awareness session for leaders, intended to prepare them better to support employees with mental health conditions....

Line Managers Resource A Practical Guide to Supporting Staff with a Mental Health Condition

A practical guide for line managers to supporting staff with a mental health condition....

Psychological Health Promotion as a Leadership Task (psyGA e-learning tool)

The psyGA eLearning program aims to promote mental health through good health behavior. It includes chapters on stress and mental health, interrelations between leadership and health, recognizing and addressing signs of strain and internal and extern...

A Guide for Managers Taking the Stress out of Stress Managers

The guideline for managers provides information on stress, its causes and effects and offers some guidance on steps managers can take to help themselves and their employees to cope better with the complexities and demands of everyday working life....

Manager Mental Health Training

An interactive mental health e-learning, developed to assist managers respond to mental health issues in their organizations. It includes practical advice on managing absenteeism, difficult behaviour, interpersonal conflict and return to work....

A New Approach to Line Manager Mental Well-being Training in Banks

An evaluation of a mental health training programme for line managers in the financial services in the UK ....

Line Managers’ Resource – A Practical Guide to Managing and Supporting People with Mental Health Problems in the Workplace

A practical guide to managing and supporting individuals with mental health conditions in the workplace. It includes the information on identifying the early signs and talking at an early stage, keeping in touch during sickness absence, reasonable ac...

Line Managers’ Resource: A Practical Guide to Managing & Supporting Mental Health in the Workplace

A short and practical guide for managers – particularly those in small and medium-sized organisations. It offers practical advice, including a checklist, on managing and supporting people who are experiencing stress, distress and mental health prob...

See Me in Work e-Learning Portal

The easy to use e-learning program which helps in gaining better understanding about mental health stigma and discrimination in work, recognizing early signs of mental health condition, disclosure, returning to work and reasonable accommodation. It i...

2010 Workers with Mental Illness: a Practical Guide for Managers

A guide for managers providing information on how to appropriately support workers with mental health conditions. It also provides information about how to develop and promote a safe and healthy work environment for all workers....

Supporting Staff Returning to Work – Making Reasonable Adjustments

Information on range of options available to managers when supporting a staff member back to work, including information on reasonable accommodation....

See Me in Work: Protection from Discrimination

This guide for employers and employees provides information about discrimination, disclosure of mental health conditions and reasonable accommodation....

Promoting Diversity and Inclusion Through Workplace Adjustments: A Practical Guide

Step by step guidance on how and when to provide reasonable accommodation. It includes company practices and model policy, among other things....

Managing and Supporting Mental Health at Work: Disclosure Tools for Managers

This guidance contains information, practical advice and templates to help managers facilitate conversations about stress and mental health problems. The aim is to put in place support so employees can stay well and in work....

Disclosure of a Mental Illness in the Workplace – A Guide For Employers

Handbook for employers on disclosure of mental health conditions....

Headspace

Brief information for individuals on disclosure of mental health conditions at work....

Disclosing Your Disability to an Employer

Brief instructions to employees on how to disclose a mental health condition to their employers...

Human Rights and the Duty to Accommodate

The e-learning module explains the duty to accommodate, the standard of undue hardship, and how accommodation is a shared responsibility. It is divided into two parts, and takes about 20-30 minutes. It is intended for the public, private and not-fo...

Accommodation Works! A User-friendly Guide to Working Together on Health Issues in the Workplace

This web-based application provides a common language and guidelines for reasonable accommodation and walks you through the various steps required to provide an accommodation....

Equality and Mental Health: What the Law Means for Your Workplace

Leaflet explaining the legal requirement under equality law for employers to provide reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities, and what that might mean for employees with mental health conditions....

Depression: 7 Employer Considerations for Reasonable Accommodations

Brief information on reasonable accommodations addressing individuals with depression....

Accommodation and Compliance Series: Employees with Mental Health Impairments

Resource providing information that help employers determine effective accommodations and comply legal requirements....

Supporting Employee Success – A Tool to Plan Accommodations

A resource can help clarify job expectations, identify employee abilities and develop accommodations when mental health is a factor....

Accommodation Strategies – Workplace Strategies for Mental Health

The website provides recommendations on potential reasonable accommodation strategies for individuals with mental health conditions. In addition, it contains videos from employer and employee and additional resources....

Employer’s Forum on Disability – Tailored Adjustment Agreement Template

A template that can be downloaded to help begin and record a discussion on reasonable adjustments between an employee requesting reasonable accommodation and employer....

We Can Work it Out – a Local Authority Line Manager’s Guide to Reasonable Adjustments for Mental Illness

A guide for local authority line managers to help them provide reasonable accommodation at work for employees with mental health conditions....

Advice for Employers on Workplace Adjustments for Mental Health Conditions

Brief guidance notes intended to help employers think through the potential adjustments at work for individuals with mental health conditions. They include practical advice, good practices and links to other resources which might help them to support...

Workers with Mental Illness: a Practical Guide for Managers

A guideline providing information on how to appropriately support workers with mental health conditions. It also provides the information about how to develop and promote a safe and healthy work environment for all workers....

A Guide for Employers. To Promote Mental Health in the Workplace

The European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP) has taken the initiative to help promote mental health in workplaces. This resource is intended for employers and managers. It offers business case and practical advice mental health promoti...

Reasonable Accommodations for People with Psychiatric Disabilities: An On-line Resource for Employers and Educators

A resource to help employers, teachers, employees and students address work and school issues, reasonable accommodations, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This website contains information related to laws, disclosure, and situations rel...

Maximizing Productivity: Accommodations for Employees with Psychiatric Disabilities

The examples of accommodations that have helped employees with psychiatric disabilities to more effectively perform their jobs. The list does not include all possible accommodations, but it is a good starting point and provides some of the most effec...

Mental Health at Work Report 2017

The report provides findings of the National Employee Mental Wellbeing Survey as well as examples of good company practices addressing workplace mental health, including return to work....

Fit Mind, Fit Job: From Evidence to Practice in Mental Health and Work

The report is intended to support employers to handle mental health conditions among their employees. It summarizes the findings from the participating countries and makes the case for a stronger policy response....

Mental Health Policies and Programmes in the Workplace

This document is a part of the Mental Health Policy and Service Guidance Package. It provides information for relevant stakeholders on development of workplace policies addressing mental health, including support of workers with mental health conditi...

Improving the Lives of People with Mental Illness

This website contains information and further links to resources for employers who are interested in how support their employees or colleagues with mental health conditions....

Mental Health and Work

The report is an independent review of mental health conditions and their impact on people’s ability to work....

Best Practices for Return-to-Work/Stay-at-Work Interventions for Workers with Mental Health Conditions

This Best Practices report summarizes the effectiveness of return-to-work and/or stay-at-work interventions and presents best practices for individuals with mental health conditions. The report has been developed with methodological rigour and includ...

Strategies for Disability Management – Workplace Strategies for Mental Health

The website provides resources that can support disability management with employees experiencing mental health conditions....

Supporting a Return to Work after an Absence for a Mental Health Problem: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of an Integrated Practices Program

This report concerns the design, implementation, and evaluation of an integrated practices program for supporting a return to work following an absence for a mental health problem. The research project was carried out in response to a joint employee/...

Helping Employees Successfully Return to Work Following Depression, Anxiety or a Related Mental Health Problem – Guidelines for Organisations

These guidelines consist of actions organizations can take to facilitate return to work for employees following an episode of depression, anxiety or a related mental health conditions. They were developed using the Delphi method, which is a systemati...

Return to Work

The website is designed to be used by different people who might be involved in return to work after a mental health condition. It covers broad area and offers resources addressing actions that employers, employees, colleagues and family can take to ...

When Staff Return to Work

Information for managers about how to support staff in returning to work after experiencing a mental health condition....

Supporting Staff Returning to Work

NHS Employers provides information on range of options available to managers when supporting a staff member back to work, including phased return and return to work meetings and plans....

How to Support Staff Who Are Experiencing a Mental Health Problem

This in-depth resource for line managers and HR professionals, sets out practical steps employers can take to support at every stage of the mental health spectrum – whether they’re stressed or have a diagnosed mental health condition....

Mental Health in the Workplace – Organisation’s Toolkit

Provides information and resources for creating a positive and inclusive workplace for all workers, including those who have mental health problems....

Mental Health Toolkit for Employers

This toolkit serves to help the organization in supporting the mental health and well-being of the employees. It aims to help to take positive actions towards building a culture that champions good mental health and provide a greater understanding an...

Mental Health and Wellbeing: A Line Manager’s Guide

This guide provides information and direction for line managers in promoting mental health for all employees and understanding and supporting employees experiencing mental health problems while in the workplace....

Psychosocial Risk Management Excellence Framework (PRIMA-EF) – Inventory

Good practices of interventions for work-related stress (including violence and bullying at the workplace), using the PRIMA-EF framework best-practice criteria for the evaluation of interventions....

Return to Work – Workplace Strategies for Mental Health

The website offers resources that can support return to work of employees experiencing mental health conditions....

Heads Up

The Heads Up resources provide organizations with simple steps to creating a mentally healthy workplace and offers videos and flexible action plans that can be tailored for every size organization....

Managing Mental Health Matters

Program focused on helping managers, supervisors and other leaders learn how to effectively recognize and manage mental health-related issues in the workplace. It uses a story-based approach, portraying realistic video episodes of workplace "characte...

Work in Tune With Life

The European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP) started an initiative to help promote mental health in workplaces. This website offers guides for employers mental health promotion, good practices in psychosocial risk prevention and other ...

Return to Work – Returning to Work After Experiencing Mental Illness and Other Mental Health Issues

Report on returning to work after experiencing a mental health condition. It includes a case study and practical tips....

Webinar: What’s in a number? Disability data for business change

As companies change their culture on disability inclusion, how can they use data on employees with disabilities to understand progress and guide inclusion strategies? Gathering information on disability is a sensitive and difficult subject, and askin...

Autism – The 5000 Initiative

The 5000 Initiative: Autism in Tech Workforce is an initiative to unite companies who train and employ people with autism in technology positions – resulting in 5000 jobs for these individuals by the Year 2020....

The National Mental Health and Disability Employment Strategy

The Australian Government has developed a National Mental Health and Disability Employment Strategy to address barriers to employment faced by people with disability, including mental health conditions. The objective of the Strategy is to increase th...

KPMG Cares

KPMG demonstrates good company practice in inclusive employment for persons with mental health conditions....

Center for Mental Health

The website contains information on the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) strategy for employment of persons with mental health conditions, including videos and basic principles of IPS....

Supporting Young People with Mental Health Problems into Employment A rapid review of the evidence

This report provides a rapid review of the evidence on what is effective in supporting young people with mental health conditions into employment....

The Aspiring Workforce – Employment and Income for People with Serious Mental Illness

This research report includes the analysis of Supported Employment in Canada, recommendations to reduce employment barriers for people with mental health conditions and innovative practices to help them secure and sustain meaningful employment....

Road to Recovery: Employment and Mental Illness

This report on supported employment programs for persons with mental health condition provides information about best practices and model legislation....

Employment Supports for Individuals with Severe Mental Illness

A factsheet for employment services summarizing eight key practices and providing additional resources on effective employment supports for individuals experiencing severe mental illness....

SE-IPS | Core Principles Supported Employment/Individual Placement and Support

A factsheet describing core principles of the Supported Employment/Individual Placement and Support strategy....

Let’s Get to Work: A National Mental Health Employment Strategy for Australia

This document highlights the barriers to better workforce participation of persons with mental health conditions, the economic disadvantages of the current Australian approach, and ways of effectively overcoming these problems. Moreover, it provides ...

The IPS Employment Center

The website contains information on the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) strategy for employment of persons with mental health conditions. In addition, it includes evidence-based publications and videos of personal stories of the service users....

Supported Employment for Adults With Severe Mental Illness

This review compares supported employment and Individual Placement and Support (IPS) with other approaches for finding employment. The two main finding of this study were: 1) Supported employment increases the length and time of people’s employment...

Open Mind Program | Telenor Pakistan

Open Mind Pakistan has been revolutionary in terms of changing the way disability is viewed across the industry....

Base Code Guidance: Disability Inclusion in the Global Supply Chain

Guidance for companies on disability in global supply chains....

International Employment Schemes for People with Mental Health Problems

The article presents four main categories of employment schemes - sheltered work, vocational training, transitional employment (or work experience) and supported employment - and their effectiveness. These broad categories have been adapted to differ...

Employment and Mental Health: A Briefing Paper

This briefing paper addresses relevant issues on employment and mental health and includes Irish models of employment support for persons with mental health conditions....

Mental Health in the Workplace: Manager’s Toolkit

This toolkit serves as a learning resource for managers to help them deal positively with mental health issues that arise in the workplace. It includes information about the recruitment process of new staff in an inclusive, fair and legally compliant...

A Framework for the Training and Employment of People with Mental Health Difficulties

This report provides a framework for the training and employment of persons with mental health conditions. It includes framework and recommendations for delivery of different training, employment and sheltered occupational services....

Realising Ambitions: Better Employment Support for People With a Mental Health Condition

This review focuses on mental health and employment and provides recommendations on how to help people with mental health conditions fulfill their employment ambitions....

Webinar: A new culture for business on disability inclusion

How can business change ideas and possibilities around the inclusion and employment of persons with disabilities? Hosted by the ILO's Global Business and Disability Network, this webinar featured experiences from the private sector around the world. ...

Amplify accessibility: An accessible digital future

As technology evolves and new platforms emerge, the way businesses design and develop new technology will determine the inclusiveness of our digital society. New technologies have the potential to bring an estimated 350 million people with disabiliti...

Neil Milliken on digital accessibility for an inclusive world of work

Neil Milliken, Head of Accessibility & Digital Inclusion at Atos, on how digital accessibility can create more inclusive labour markets which fully include persons with disabilities. ...

Lucy Ruck on digital accessibility for an inclusive world of work

Lucy Ruck, Technology Taskforce Manager at the Business Disability Forum UK which is a member of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network, on how digital accessibility can create more inclusive labour markets which fully include persons with di...

Guide for business on the rights of persons with disabilities – How business can respect and support the rights of persons with disabilities and benefit from inclusion

Developed jointly by the UN Global Compact and the ILO, the "Guide for business on the rights of persons with disabilities - How business can respect and support the rights of persons with disabilities and benefit from inclusion" suggests concrete ac...

UN CRPD: What is Art. 27 and the right to work?

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) is a binding United Nations human rights treaty for persons with disabilities – Signed and ratified by 27 EU Member States and the EU itself....

How can business promote diversity and inclusion through workplace adjustments?

Mark Bell, Professor of Laws at Trinity College Dublin, explains how reasonable adjustments at the workplace enable employees to bring their full professional potential to work and thereby promote diversity and inclusion as well as contribute to busi...

ILO Infostory – The win-win of disability inclusion

Globally, there are over one billion people with disabilities. They are now more active in our society than ever before. Yet employment rates are low and many barriers to work still exist. Explore this InfoStory to find out why employing people wi...

Labels are so old brain

The unacceptable old focus on medical labels needs to be replaced with the new focus on individual potential, dignity and human rights. Business Disability International’s video shows how old labels and assumptions can be overcome. ...

Promoting diversity and inclusion through workplace adjustments: A practical guide

Reasonable adjustments at the workplace, often times also referred to as reasonable accommodations, may include adaptations to the job, including modification of machinery and equipment and/or of an employee’s job content, working time and work org...

Carrefour Argentina is diversity

Carrefour, company member of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network, decided to team up with with Downeate, a group of young people with Down syndrome, their families and friends, to promote a culture of diversity....

Accessible Technology Charter: Accessibility Maturity Model

Self-assessment against the Accessibility Maturity Model provides an indication of how well your organisation has embedded its understanding of accessibility issues in areas such as IT governance and procurement. It will also help you decide on your ...

Repsol: Extracting the maximum potential out of people

Repsol, company member of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network, has recognized the business case of including persons with disabilities in their diverse workforce. ...

Disability “Smart” Company

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Disability in Sustainability Reporting

Disability in Sustainability Reporting can enhance organizational understanding of the value of transparency on disability, in terms of creating inclusive workplaces, as well as taking advantage of the business case of disability for the development ...

Business as unusual: Making workplaces inclusive of people with disabilities

The inclusion of people with disabilities in the workplace is no longer absent from the business agenda. Nonetheless, managers still struggle in implementing inclusion strategies effectively. Based on examples from 15 multinational compan...

Disability and Corporate Social Responsibility reporting

Disability and Corporate Social Responsibility reporting: an analysis comparing reporting practices of 40 selected multinational enterprises. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an integral part of corporate strategy in recent years. It ...

A chance to thrive

A video by Mental Health Europe on the Individual Placement and Support method. Shot and edited by Silvana Enculescu and Yves Brand....

ISSA Guidelines on Return to Work and Reintegration

The ISSA Guidelines for Social Security Administration consist of internationally-recognized professional standards in social security administration, and form part of the ISSA Centre for Excellence in Social Security Administration. The open access ...

Carla: returning to work after mental illness

Time to Challenge is the national project focusing on employment. Time to Challenge is confronting mental health discrimination in the workplace and supporting people's legal right to be treated fairly....

Katie: dealing with bipolar at work

Disability-inclusive Employment: Zero Project 2025

The ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN) is partnering with the Zero Project to encourage companies to nominate their good practices in the area of disability-inclusive employment. The Zero Project focuses on researching and advancing...

11th global annual conference of the ILO GBDN, 27-28 November 2024

The ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN) will host its 11th global annual conference on 27th and 28th November 2024 at the ILO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland - using a hybrid modality. The UN features a page on general informat...

ILO GBDN Self-Assessment in German and Arabic

Aligned with the Ten Principles of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN) Charter, and the universal principles that shape the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the ILO GBDN Self-Assessment enables a...

ILO GBDN Self-Assessment in Spanish and French

ILO GBDN Self-Assessment

Capgemini France signs landmark agreement for disability inclusion

The UES (economic and social unit) of Capgemini France has signed their 6th agreement in favor of employment and inclusion of people with disabilities. Since 1996, Capgemini has been committed to the employment and integration of people with disabili...

Creating a conversation around the unique abilities, value and perspectives that disability can bring

One billion people worldwide live with some form of disability. As a disability-confident organisation and lead global sponsor of Purple Tuesday, Standard Chartered continues to create conversations around the unique abilities, value and perspective ...

Zain partners with Studio Exception to pioneer an inclusive product design: a step towards empowering diversity

Zain's disability inclusion initiative, WE ABLE, has identified creating an inclusive product as one of its primary objectives. To meet this goal, Zain has partnered with Studio Exception, a renowned expert in inclusive product design. Together, they...

Inclusive sound environments at Orange

Workspace management at Orange now integrates disabilities in the conception of work environments to ensure that the needs of all employees in a particular office building are taken into account. This reduces the risk of excluding someone with a phys...

Two international NGOs join the GBDN

The Sustainable Hospitality Alliance, based in the United Kingdom and shareQ, based in Lebanon, both recently joined the GBDN. The Sustainable Hospitality Alliance (SHA) brings together engaged hospitality companies and the wider hospitality valu...

Business Disability Forum ‘s Disability Smart Awards 2024 open for entries

Are you proud of something your organisation has done to support disability inclusion? Business Disability Forum is calling for entries in their annual Disability Smart Awards, which showcase and celebrate the work of organisations that are improv...

Embracing Inclusivity: Zain celebrates the International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Under its disability initiative WE ABLE, Zain proudly celebrated the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, reaffirming its commitment to inclusivity and equal opportunities for all. Through a series of impactful initiatives, Zain aimed to r...

Bangladesh Business and Disability Network (BBDN) activities on disability inclusion

Futuremakers: Bridging opportunities for all As part of the Futuremakers initiative led by Sightsavers and supported by Standard Chartered Bank Global Foundation, BBDN organized two recruitment drives in December with TEAM Group, an apparel manu...

Enabled by talent at Capgemini

A globally observed day dedicated to people with disabilities serves as a catalyst for breaking down barriers and fostering a more inclusive and sustainable future for everyone. In 2023, Capgemini showcased how their employees with disabilities drove...

Movimiento Congruencia’s acitivites on disability inclusion 2020-2023

On November 9, Movimiento Congruencia held its Annual General Assembly and the 2023 Include Awards, marking 19 years of promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities in Mexico. During this event, they launched their 2020-2023 report for the per...

New handbook on getting people with disabilities into the workplace published

Expertise and practical examples from 30 leading multinational companies has been included in a new ILO publication that aims to help enterprises achieve business success and tap into an under-utilized talent pool by creating more welcoming condition...

Making the green transition inclusive for persons with disabilities

The green transition can offer job opportunities for people with disabilities. Realizing this potential will require inclusive training, education, and sector-specific accessibility measures, among other things, says the new report “Making the Gree...

“Disability in sustainability efforts: businesses leading the way” conference – 14-15 November 2023

The ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN) hosted the "Disability in sustainability efforts: businesses leading the way" conference (10th global annual conference) on 14th and 15th November 2023 at the ILO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerla...

Unleashing the potential: empowering youth with disabilities to become successful entrepreneurs

The work of emerging young entrepreneurs with disabilities was showcased at a special event in Islamabad, Pakistan on 22 August 2023. The event was organised under the Futuremakers project funded by Standard Chartered Foundation and Sightsavers, in c...

Rising discrimination against persons with disabilities in Mexico

The 2022 National Survey on Discrimination (ENADIS) gathered data on the prevalence of discrimination among the Mexican population. The survey, carried out by the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics (INEGI), reveals the persis...

Accelerating disability inclusion in India

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) launched the India Business and Disability Network (IBDN) in 2019 to ensure workplaces are inclusive, accessible and barrier free for persons with disabilities. The fifth annual CII-IBDN National Conferen...

Zain’s WE ABLE initiative: Celebrating International Day of Sign Languages

Zain's WE ABLE initiative, dedicated to promoting disability inclusion, recently celebrated International Day of Sign Languages with a series of events. These included basic sign language sessions, the launch of the "Zain Sign Language Library" on th...

Neurodiversity Inclusion at Capgemini

Capgemini believes that a workplace where everyone feels valued for who they are, doesn’t just provide a powerful competitive edge, but is simply the right thing to do! That is why the company is dedicated to fostering an inclusive culture that emb...

ILO Ethiopia-EBDN partnership launch

The ILO Ethiopia office, through its programme - Advancing Decent Work and Inclusive Industrialization in Ethiopia (SIRAYE) - organised an industry seminar on the topic of ‘Fostering Inclusive Workplaces' on the 25th of August, 2023 in Hawassa. ...

CEOs for inclusion: a commitment with a multiplier effect

For the second year in a row, within the framework of the Inter-American Human Resource Manager Day, the Inclusive Business Network brought together fifteen new CEOs to speak out for the inclusion of people with disabilities, thus consolidating a pow...

Bringing in the talent with disabilities with Axtel

Axtel, together with Movimiento Congruencia, aims at promoting equal opportunities and the social and labour inclusion of people with disabilities in the company. For this reason, Axtel is implementing the following strategies: Defining the role...

The power of partnerships

According to a 2021 report by World Bank, Kenya has a population of 53.01 million of whom 10 percent are persons with disabilities. The Kenyan Constitution requires organizations to have 5 percent of their workforce being persons with disabilities. N...

Zain’s “WE ABLE Mentoring Initiative”: empowering employees with disabilities across 7 countries

Zain's mentoring initiative, "WEABLE X REACH," has brought together 14 employees with disabilities from seven operation countries to engage in a personalised mentorship programme, fostering growth in diverse fields including leadership, programming, ...

Nestlé Brazil journey to be an inclusion example of deaf and hearing-impaired people

Nestlé invests in communication and customer services accessibility, having a full accessible factory with more than 90 hearing-impaired workers. The company recently launched a product innovation and marketing campaign to support with LIBRAS (Brazi...

Zain’s Inclusive Hiring Guideline: Empowering Diversity and Accessibility

Zain, a leading telecommunications company, is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusivity through its disability initiative, WE ABLE. As part of this initiative, Zain has developed comprehensive inclusive hiring guidelines that cover various as...

India Business and Disability Network online training programme

The India Business and Disability Network (IBDN) is rolling out its 4th annual training programme – “CREATING DISABILITY INCLUSIVE LEADERS @ WORKPLACE” starting from 3rd August 2023 onwards. The vision of the IBDN online training programme...

At Xignux, inclusion is a commitment and continuous work

Xignux is a group of companies driven by 29 thousand energisers. They provide solutions in two large industries: energy and food and operate in three countries. Their solutions to energise life reach more than 35 countries, expanding on what was star...

Empowering people with disabilities starts with accessibility

Inclusion of people with disabilities starts by guaranteeing them full accessibility in the workplace. In Poland, Capgemini’s CSR team engages with their colleagues on different accessibility solutions, enabling them to contribute, thrive and succe...

Bangladesh Business and Disability Network (BBDN) activities on disability inclusion

The Bangladesh Business and Disability Network (BBDN) has been actively working towards its mission of promoting disability inclusion in the private sector. In the first half of the year, BBDN conducted several sensitisation sessions for business per...

Roundtable discussion by the Ethiopian Business and Disability Network

The Ethiopian Business and Disability Network (EBDN) roundtable discussion held on 22 June 2023 brought together key stakeholders from diverse sectors, including the private sector, disability rights organizations, government agencies, and academia, ...

Regional Conference for Arab States on Inclusive Employment – 21 June 2023 المؤتمر الإقليمي العربي عن دمج الأشخاص ذوي الإعاقة في سوق العمل – ٢١ يونيو ٢٠٢

How can companies promote and improve the employment of persons with disabilities in the Arab region? The ILO Global Business and Disability Network’s regional conference for the Arab States brought together speakers from multinational and national...

The Paraguayan Network of Businesses Friends of Inclusion grants their Inclusive Business Seal

Last March, the second awards ceremony of the Inclusive Business Seal was held in Paraguay. This seal is awarded to those businesses, public entities and civil society organizations showcasing good practices in their inclusion and accessibility polic...

HR inclusion awards in Nigeria

The Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM) in collaboration with Sightsavers held the second edition of the HR Inclusion Awards during its 54th International Conference and Exhibitions (ICE) in October 2022 at Obi Wali Internat...

Empowering Employees with Disabilities: Insights through Focus Groups

Zain launched focus groups for employees with disabilities under it’s WE ABLE initiative - around its operations to understand the success stories, challenges and experiences employees have with disability inclusion at Zain as well as to identify a...

The Inclusive Business Network of Chile publishes the results of its latest Labour Inclusion Assessment for Businesses

A total of 54 member companies of the Inclusive Business Network of Chile, a network hosted by the Federation of Chilean Industry (SOFOFA), participated in the Labour Inclusion Assessment for Businesses, a tool which analyses five inclusion areas wit...

GAAD 2023 activities by ILO GBDN members

18 May 2023 marks the 12th Annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). Many members of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network have activities and events planned. You will find a collection below. Activities by Multinational...

Research reveals employers’ attitudes towards hiring people with disabilities

A survey focused on the employment of people with disabilities was sent to 400 major organisations in Australia, including the nation’s largest blue-chip corporations, major universities, and government departments. Based on 335 respondents, it fou...

Technology as a key enabler for people with visual and hearing impairments

Capgemini strives to have a diverse workforce representing society in all its richness and offer equal opportunity to all talents to join and thrive, including people with disabilities. In Brazil, the CapAbility committee has launched various in...

ZAINAIC x WE ABLE Assistive Technology Hackathon

In December 2022, Zain held its largest Assistive Technology Hackathon to date. Since November, over 150 employees had embarked on a journey to create assistive technology solutions for people with disabilities, in recognition of Global Entrepreneurs...

It is a journey, not a sprint – The MTN disability inclusion story

MTN Nigeria, a subsidiary of the MTN Group, is an organisation powered by inclusion and respect for diversity. The company’s Diversity & Inclusion Policy outlines commitments and targets across four areas, i.e. persons with disabilities, gender...

Capgemini enables talent of all abilities

To mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2022, Capgemini launched the “Enabled by our Talent” campaign in collaboration with its CapAbility employee network. This campaign highlighted examples of how talent has been enabled to thriv...

Access Bank and Project Enable Africa – a partnership success story

Access Bank Plc. is a commercial bank operating through a network of more than 700 branches and service outlets, spanning three continents, 17 markets and 52 million customers. The Bank employs 28,000 people in its operations in Nigeria, Sub-Saharan...

Nothing about us without us – At TotalEnergies, employees with disabilities are making a difference

In France, Michel, Jean-Luc, Nathalie, Eric, Sacha and Françoise... are among 38 employees with disabilities who have accepted the role of "Ambassador" and are involved daily in working groups on hearing, vision, chronic health conditions, digital...

Business Disability Forum launches new global language guide for employers

Business Disability Forum has launched a new global guide to disability language for employers and businesses. Sponsored by HSBC, ‘Lost in translation: A global guide to the language of disability’ calls on employers and businesses to break do...

9th Global Annual Conference

For the ninth time, the ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN) held its global annual conference - this time in a virtual format. The programme included the welcoming of ILO GBDN members that joined in 2022, the presentation and discussion...

Making Skills and Jobs Inclusive of Young Persons with Disabilities, 14 December 2022

Young people and people with disabilities are among the most disadvantaged groups when it comes to getting a decent job and progressing in their careers. Unfortunately, when young age and disability are combined, the labour market situation is even m...

Business opportunities in Africa: Inclusion of talent with disabilities

This regional conference on 26 October 2022 brought together representatives from companies – including multinational and small and medium-sized enterprises – with operations in Africa, employers organisations, African Business and Disability Net...

How do you lip-read a robot? AI-powered HR technology has a disability problem

This 1-hour webinar on 8 November 2022 explores the unacknowledged risks to the world’s more than 1.3 billion persons with disabilities triggered by the fast-growing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered technology in the world of work. Wh...

‘Train the trainer’ workshop series by the Chilean Network of Inclusive Companies (ReIN)

The Chilean Network of Inclusive Companies is using its ability to connect and convene companies around inclusion. With the aim of providing tools for all its member companies, the Network will be hosting a series of "train the trainer" workshops for...

Launch of the Accessible Tourism Network in Uruguay

During the celebrations of the World Tourism Day at the Aloft Montevideo Hotel, the Accessible Tourism Network in Uruguay was founded. This initiative was launched by the Network of Inclusive Companies in Uruguay and aims at promoting the employment ...

Synergies and inclusion in Banregio

Since 2017, Banregio, a Mexican regional bank, has designed a Diversity and Inclusion roadmap to promote a culture of respect, fairness, and safe space to promote minorities within the company. This strategy includes several policy changes, a new par...

The importance and the benefits of including neurodiverse people at work

During a virtual live event on 8 December 2022, on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Sopra Steria Group focuses on neurodiversity at work. The Group pursues its commitment towards the inclusion of people with disa...

Measuring the perceived impact of including people with disabilities at MAPFRE

MAPFRE is a company strongly committed to including people with disabilities into the workforce. They have been working for many years to ensure that people with disabilities have the same employment opportunities as the rest of the world and have a ...

Inclusive Employers Forum by the Ethiopian Business and Disability Network

On 16 August 2022, the Inclusive Employers Forum by the Ethiopian Business and Disability Network (EBDN) brought together more than 70 participants from companies, international NGOs and bilateral development cooperation agencies. A brief introduc...

Let’s build a great nation together: Panel Rey builds better opportunities through inclusion

Panel Rey is a proud Mexican company founded in 1986. We are currently the largest producer of gypsum panels in Latin America, and we offer a comprehensive system of lightweight construction, based on a galvanized steel structure covered with drywall...

Powered by Qaderoon: Amazon’s Persons with Disabilities Skills Training Programme

15% of the world's population and 7% in Saudi Arabia have a disability. As a result of limited educational and skills training opportunities, persons with disabilities are challenged to secure decent employment on par with other job seekers. Qader...

#PurpleLightUp’s “Leader to Leader” 2022

#PurpleLightUp is a game-changing global movement led by PurpleSpace. It is designed to celebrate the economic contribution of employees with disabilities and is a mark of respect to the International Day of Persons with Disabilities every 3rd Decemb...

Celebrating 2000th student joining disability internship programme

The Australian Network on Disability has seen its 2000th student commence the “Stepping Into” internship programme which connects university students with disabilities to employers who are building their disability confidence and are looking for ...

PBDN’s Working Beyond Barriers: 1st Annual Conference on Disability Inclusion in the Workplace

In July 2022, the Philippine Business and Disability Network (PBDN) held its first annual conference entitled “Working Beyond Barriers: 1st Annual Conference on Disability Inclusion in the Workplace”. With the theme “Leadership and Participa...

Launch of the Argentinian Business and Disability Network

On 2 June, the launch of the Argentinian Business and Disability Network (Red de Empresas Inclusivas Argentina) was publicly announced at the auditorium of the Government House in Buenos Aires. This initiative brings together public and private compa...

Zain celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness Day

In celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Zain hosted a workshop for its employees across their operations in the MENA region, in collaboration with Microsoft. The workshop’s main aim was to support Zain employees in becoming more acces...

Enable, Employ, Engage and Empower: Good practices in disability inclusion in the manufacturing sector

To promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities across industry sectors, especially in manufacturing, the India Business & Disability Network (IBDN) of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) commissioned a study, with the support of GIZ...

Neurodivergent people: an untapped source of talent

Capgemini’s efforts in having a diverse workforce that represents society in all its richness and offers equal opportunity to all talent goes beyond gender. Capgemini is convinced that people with a disability, neurodivergence in particular, are a ...

“This programme is nation-building” – Inclusive Futures project more than doubles the employment rate of jobseekers with disabilities

An innovative disability-inclusive employment pilot programme that worked with more than 2,300 jobseekers with disabilities and more than 500 businesses in Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda has recently come to an end. In just three years, it ...

Nigeria Business Disability Network hosted the maiden edition of the Nigeria diversity and inclusion conference

The Nigeria Business Disability Network has hosted the inaugurated Nigeria Diversity and Inclusion Conference as a platform to bring private sector organisations together to share knowledge, experience and best practices in workplace disability inclu...

COSP15 Side Event – Our Stories: How Youth with Disabilities are Changing the World of Work

Youth with disabilities are change-makers for an inclusive and accessible world of work, in alliances with businesses, governments and expert organisations. In the Side Event “Our Stories” at the 15th session of the Conference of States Parties (...

Movimiento Congruencia trains agents of change for labour inclusion

The +Talento Diploma Course is aimed at developing and designing successful labour inclusion projects for people with disabilities. More businesses need to know how to incorporate this form of talent that used to be disregarded. The 10th edition o...

Sodexo’s latest disability inclusion efforts

The inclusion of people with disabilities in the work environment goes far beyond the established laws, it is fundamental and is part of Sodexo's commitment to offering everyone an opportunity. The company understands that it is important to establis...

BDF launches new global guide to building inclusive workspaces

Business Disability Forum (BDF) has published a new global guide showing how employers can make their built environments accessible to the one billion people in world who have a disability. Having a disability can affect how a person accesses, naviga...

Celebrating Women with Disability: Equal, United, and Involved in Inclusive Development

On 29 March, the Philippine Business and Disability Network (PBDN), in partnership with Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines Inc., held a public webinar entitled “Celebrating Women with Disability: Equal, United, and Involved in Inclusive Development”...

Autism – Acceptance and Awareness in April & beyond

The month of April has traditionally become the month associated with Autism and Neurodiversity on a wider scale, with more media focus, in television, the press and Twitter hashtags, all of which helps raise awareness to something that many people a...

The “Uruguay Valora” Seal recognises once again those organisations committed to the inclusion of people with disabilities

For the second year in a row, Sociedad Uruguaya de Gestión de Personas (the Uruguayan Human Resources Association) and Red de Empresas Inclusivas Uruguay (the Inclusive Business Network of Uruguay) acknowledged inclusive organisations by granting th...

Assistive Technology Megathon

As a part of Zain’s efforts to foster internal innovation, a 15-hour Megathon was held on 23 December 2021. The aim of the Megathon was to find innovative assistive technology solutions and ideas to support people with disabilities’ day-to-day ne...

Fundación Universia, Indra and The Bridge launch a free technological training program to promote the employability of people with disabilities

Fundación Universia will grant a scholarship to 10 students with prior scientific and technological background to learn full stack web development in a 480-hour bootcamp which is specially designed to improve their employability. This training is fu...

Inclusion in Action: A Look at PepsiCo’s Pandemic Response

A new video case study series produced by the Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN) spotlights PepsiCo’s efforts to create more diverse, equitable, inclusive and accessible workplaces amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Sodexo’s participation in DUODAY 2021

DUODAY is an initiative of the French government to promote the recruitment of persons with disabilities in the country. Companies offer internship for one day to people with disabilities who are unemployed or employed only by specialised institution...

In Capgemini, Ability Never Goes Unnoticed

Capgemini benefits from the talents of 325,000 colleagues in 50 different countries, each representing different social and cultural values. The company recognizes that many of them face additional challenges – among them are people with disabiliti...

Reaping the business benefits of accessibility, 25 February 2022

Companies increasingly recognise the benefits of accessibility, including physical and digital, as part of their efforts to create more inclusive workplaces in which all employees can thrive. Multinational enterprise members of the ILO Global Busines...

Private sector roundtable at Global Disability Summit 2022

The private sector roundtable of the Global Disability Summit 2022 will took place on Friday, 17 February, 1pm to 2pm CET. Jointly organised by the ILO, The Valuable 500, Sightsavers and business disability international, the roundtable featured l...

Repsol Campus, the corporate headquarters that are open to everyone

Accessibility allows for everyone to be able to access a building and get to their workplace safely, comfortably, and as autonomously and organically as possible. As a result, these buildings can be open for and benefit everyone. Currently, Repsol...

Zain’s GROW programme for graduates with disabilities

Based on Zain’s targets and commitments towards empowering youth with disabilities, and under the WE ABLE initiative, the GROW programme was launched. GROW was a three-month development programme that supported and taught 28 fresh graduates with re...

AskEARN.org: A Digital Destination for Building Equitable and Inclusive Workplaces

Today, more employers are taking steps to build equitable and inclusive workplaces welcoming of the perspectives of people from all backgrounds. The Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion‘s (EARN) newly redesigned website ...

BDF Disability Smart Awards 2021: Winners Announced

Winners of the Disability Smart Awards 2021 were announced at a virtual ceremony on 2 December 2021, hosted by Business Disability Forum and sponsored by Microlink. The awards celebrate and promote disability inclusive practice across areas includ...

MAPFRE’s Family Members Program

The Family Members Program falls within MAPFRE's Global Disability Program, the mission of which is to guide, accompany and help MAPFRE employees’ family members with disabilities to secure a job. The program guides people with disabilities as they...

Respect for the individual, one of the core values of Walmart Mexico and Central America

Diversity and inclusion have been two key factors for the growth of Walmart Mexico and Central America and, therefore, two main features of the company’s work environment, which have generated a strong workplace culture that guarantees equal opport...

World Mental Health Day: Sodexo held global webinar

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on people’s mental health and has highlighted inequalities in society. Sodexo Group believes that it is important to build on that momentum - educate and work collectively to promote a positive culture a...

Mentorship Program provides purpose through uncertain times

Faced with the known of a global pandemic and a country in lock down, Australian Network on Disability needed to think differently to ensure they could keep their member base active and engaged. Recruitment was pausing, premise reviews were not pos...

PBDN & JPMC study: Moving towards disability-inclusive recovery in employment and livelihood in the time of COVID-19

The Philippine Business and Disability Network, with the support of JPMorgan Chase, empowers persons with disabilities in the time of COVID-19: A movement toward disability-inclusive recovery in employment and livelihood. In September 2021, the Ph...

Zain celebrated International Day of Sign Language

On 23 September 2021, International Day of Sign Language (IDSL) was celebrated and highlighted group-wide to raise awareness about the importance of sign language for people with hearing impairments and of cultural diversity. This year’s theme w...

Learning Goes Digital: A Leonard Cheshire and Accenture Partnership

The pandemic has exacerbated the learning crisis globally. But what’s more worrying is the shrinking opportunities within the labor market, especially for young people with disabilities. So, the Skills for Prosperity Kenya (S4PKe) Programme funded ...

MAPFRE: Diversity makes us unique

MAPFRE is committed to the economic and social development of the countries in which it operates. The company generates continuous job opportunities for people with disabilities, who represented 3.3 percent of the company’s global workforce at the ...

Disability & Digitalisation: Business Opportunities in Asia and the Pacific – 23-24 November 2021

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing labour market barriers faced by people with disabilities in the Asia and Pacific region. At the same time, the pandemic has accelerated certain Future of Work mega trends, including the growt...

Paraguayan initiative acknowledges good practices in inclusion and accessibility policies

The first seal for inclusive businesses in Paraguay The ‘Inclusive Business’ Seal is an initiative launched by the Saraki Foundation and SUMMA, the Paraguayan Network of Businesses Friends of Inclusion, aimed at assessing, assisting, and certi...

Companies pioneering change – Indonesian webinar on disability inclusion in the World of Work

People with disabilities need to work for the same reasons as people without disabilities. They want to make a living, utilizing their skills, and contribute to society. However, unlike people without disabilities, people with disabilities often face...

Sign Language Library at Zain Jordan

Zain Jordan has created a sign language library to accommodate the needs and uniqueness of all Zainers. A sense of belonging in an employee starts when they feel they are acknowledged and valued in the organization. It is then further deepened whe...

Sodexo Brazil: inclusion of people with hearing impairments

The team of Unimed Poços de Caldas unit, created a panel in Libras (Brazilian Sign Language) to support the communication with Ariel, an employee who has a hearing impairment. Site manager Isabela Colombo shares how the idea came about: “Dur...

Why feeling safe is key to sharing personal data

Jennifer Morris, Business Disability Forum Consultant, highlights the importance of trust and psychological safety in employee data collection. In April 2021, Business Disability Forum published a research report about collecting global employee d...

Ensuring Disability Equity and Inclusion in the Post-Pandemic Workplace

As employers start to look at the post-pandemic workplace, they will need to navigate a variety of issues. To help, the Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN) offers a number of resources, many of which are applicable...

At The Home Depot, we are trained to provide an inclusive service

Through its inclusive service certificate, The Home Depot seeks to train its members to provide an outstanding service to clients with disabilities. At The Home Depot, we are convinced that all of us can help build a more inclusive Mexico. For thi...

Leonard Cheshire’s i2i programme publishes new learning and stories of change

The “Innovation to Inclusion (i2i)” programme is releasing regular updates this year, with its latest learning and steps to embed new knowledge in ongoing economic inclusion work. The programme has also published new impact stories. i2i’s fi...

Checklists help employers conduct accessible interviews and support workplace mental health

The Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN) recently developed two checklists for employers: one to assist in standardizing interview processes in order to ensure equal opportunity for people with disabilities and the ...

Nestlé Brazil and Nestlé Pakistan are advancing on the inclusion of people with disabilities

Aligned with Nestlé’s belief that living with a disability should not define a person and every individual has the unique ability to contribute to society, Nestlé joined the The Valuable 500, a global movement composed by 500 global companies and...

New resources created to help global organisations collect employee disability data

Business Disability Forum has created a set of resources to help global organisations collect accurate employee disability data. The ‘Collecting Global Employee Disability Data’ series summarises key considerations and successful approaches to...

Online job fair for people with disabilities

As part of the “Innovation to Inclusion (i2i)” programme, funded by the UK Government’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the Bangladesh Business and Disability Network (BBDN) - in collaboration with Leonard Cheshire, the Cent...

Austrian myAbility Business Forum hits magical mark of 50 members

In May 2021, the myAbility Business Forum reached 50 business memberships from medium-sized to big companies. The myAbility Business Forum has joined the ILO Global Business and Disability Network in 2018 and is now the largest business-to-business n...

Seeing opportunities, not obstacles!

As we all acknowledge, disability inclusion needs to be an integral part of an organization’s business strategy to create a truly inclusive work environment. At Accenture, this commitment is paramount and the company undertakes multiple initiatives...

Webinar “Accountability in Action – Delivering on Disability Inclusion & Equality”, 15 June, 3.00-4.00pm CET

Senior accountability and global governance frameworks are essential for any multinational company wanting to enable consistent, equitable and dignified treatment for people with disabilities in every market they operate in. This webinar launches the...

Webinar “Leave no one offline: engaging companies on digital accessibility”, 19 May, 3.00-4.00pm CET

The ever-increasing digital sphere must not leave people with disabilities behind. How can enterprises benefit from digital accessibility, gain a competitive advantage and include the widest range of users, employees, clients and partners in corporat...

April was IBM’s Neurodiversity Acceptance Month

Neurodiversity is a concept which neurological differences are recognized and respected as any other human diversity. A few years ago, IBM launched a global Neurodiversity Program, which promotes neurodivergent-friendly hiring, development opportunit...

Sopra Steria joins the ILO Global Business and Disability Network

Sopra Steria, a European leader in consulting, digital services and software publishing, has signed the Charter of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network. By doing so, Sopra Steria continues to work in favour of equal opportunities and is com...

Zain’s WE ABLE Strategy continues to support employees throughout the hiring process

Within its efforts to support people with disabilities and enable them to more easily enter the workforce, Zain Iraq held three sessions titled "Hiring Managers", to train hiring managers on conducting interviews with people with disabilities. The...

Tigres Powerchair, the first inclusive football team in Mexico

Club Tigres, the Football Club from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León, is promoting inclusivity and equity in sport with the help of its Foundation by launching Tigres Powerchair, the first inclusive football team in Mexico for people with mot...

New Salvadorean law fosters labour market inclusion for people with disabilities

El Salvador has a new law that, in accordance with international labour standards, recognises the right to work for people with disabilities, under equal conditions and in an inclusive work environment. On 1 January 2021, the Law on the Inclusion ...

An inclusive digital economy for people with disabilities

The digital revolution in the world of work impacts all. How does it impact people with disabilities? Which chances and potential barriers does digitalised work bring for disability inclusion? What are the actions to ensure nobody is left behind and ...

How Do You Lip Read a Robot? – Recruitment AI has a Disability Problem

The "How Do You Lip Read a Robot? - Recruitment AI has a Disability Problem" session will explore the unacknowledged risks to the more than 1.3 billion persons with disabilities triggered by the fast-growing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powere...

Ensuring inclusive recruitment in a virtual world

Research conducted by the Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), offers insight into strategies employers can use ...

Inclusion of persons with disabilities in Sodexo Brazil

Sodexo Brazil was recognized in 2020 in the Exame guideline for their practices regarding the inclusion of people with disabilities. 5.1% of the company’s employees were persons with disabilities, totalling 2,174 employees with disabilities. Contri...

Zain joins a global effort with GSMA to improve digital inclusion of persons with disabilities

To mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the GSMA launched the “Principles for Driving the Digital Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities” that Zain is a signatory of. The “Principles” set out a framework for action togethe...

A new Orange campaign to change the way we look at disability in the workplace

Orange SA employs more than 5,200 employees with disabilities who are supported, from their inclusion into the company to the accessibility of their work environment. For many years, Orange has been committed to a more inclusive and sustainable socie...

Bangladesh Business and Disability Network receives Zero Project Award

The Zero Project announced Bangladesh Business and Disability Network (BBDN) as one of their award winners in the category of Innovative Practices in Employment from the Business Sector, for the year 2021. BBDN was recognized for the establishment of...

Study on neurodiverse individuals in job interviews and customer relations

Approximately 58% of young adults with autism have ever worked between high school and their early 20s (Roux, Shattuck, Rast, Rava, & Anderson, 2015)This group is disproportionately under-employed compared to their peers without such a diagnosis;...

Understanding disabilities from different approaches

To commemorate December 3, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Movimiento Congruencia held five webinars to better understand the different types of disabilities, from different approaches. In order to commemorate the International...

Building the next generation of corporate leaders with disabilities

Efforts to increase employment of people with disabilities are immensely important, but they need to consider initiatives to develop corporate leaders. Research and anecdotal evidence have shown that the tone set at the top determines the inclusivity...

Corporate commitment to disability inclusion in times of the pandemic

"Corporate commitment to disability inclusion in times of the pandemic" was the title of the 2020 annual conference of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN). The members of the GBDN showcase how persons with disabilities need to be at...

Declaration of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network

Share the Declaration of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network with your network to raise awareness about the need of making disability inclusion a priority, now and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Suggested quote: "We, at (XXX), reaffirm o...

Zain has joined the Valuable 500 and made disability their business

Zain Group proudly announces its inclusion in The Valuable 500, an international initiative striving to put disability on the leadership agenda within corporates. Making Zain the first corporation from the GCC to join, along with 285 leading global o...

How to avoid discrimination in the workplace

Harvard Business' Research: To Reduce Gender Bias, Anonymize Job Applications report (Johnson & Kirk, 2020) shows that as the existence of gender, race, disability and other biases becomes more widely acknowledged, many organizations are “blin...

Creating Accessible Workplaces for People with Disabilities

In a time of increasing telework, employers must have the information needed to ensure the digital workplace is accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities. The Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT) released th...

Mental Health at Work

I have Attention deficit disorder, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder. When I met the Merck team at the Disability: IN 2019 conference we discussed my studies in biochemistry at a STEM institution in New Jersey, and that I wa...

October was National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) in the US

This year marks not only the 75th observance of NDEAM, but also the 30th anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act. Both milestones are being commemorated @IBM this year with a range of events and activities centered on the theme "Increasing ...

The 2030 Agenda, SDGs and Disability

September 25th marks the 5th anniversary of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. On this occasion, Fundación ONCE together with the European Disability Forum have released the brief paper “The 2030 Agenda, SDGs and Disability”,...

Leonard Cheshire and Accenture pilot online job training for persons with disabilities

Professional services company Accenture is supporting pan-disability charity Leonard Cheshire with a new online training and mentoring programme, supporting 100 jobseekers and newly-employed people with disabilities in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Telan...

Inclusive Labour Exchange by Movimiento Congruencia

This job search and job application platform for inclusive vacancies allows for businesses to publish vacancies that people with disabilities can apply to, and for job seekers with disabilities to share their contact details and look for new job oppo...

The 4 A’s of a Mental Health-Friendly Workplace

The Workplace Mental Health Toolkit, a web-based resource developed by the Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN) in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), h...

Zain launches D&I magazine

Zain has released its first ever Diversity and Inclusion magazine which highlights all of Zain’s progress and transformation when it comes to diversity and inclusion. The D&I magazine showcases all of Zain’s diversity and inclusion initiat...

Neurodiversity Workplace Inclusion Online Resources

Finding and keeping top talent is an ongoing challenge, especially in high-tech sectors. Companies are increasingly turning to previously unexplored talent pools to help to bridge talent needs, and a number of companies are targeting neurodiverse ind...

American Disability Act (ADA): celebrating 30 years of progress in access & inclusion in the US

This landmark civil rights legislation impacted the lives of millions of people with diverse abilities in the United States through improved access to employment, government services and programs, and goods and services from businesses. We gathere...

Disability inclusion in company responses to COVID-19: Results of a survey among National Business and Disability Networks and their members

In May 2020, the ILO Global Business and Disability Network conducted two surveys – one for National Business and Disability Networks (NBDN) and one for those networks’ company members – to identify good practices and gaps in responding to the ...

We must be at the start of the solution

It is not the present nor the future that define us, but our ability to act in any way we can to achieve the future we aim at. There was a day when I asked myself: what else can we do? And I then realized there were so many issues. In order to bri...

The Global Pain of Exclusion

As the pandemic intensifies its grip on the global population, governments worldwide are placing their citizens into various forms of quarantine. For the first time, the world is candidly faced with the feelings of isolation from society. However, fo...

Making the future of work inclusive of persons with disabilities

Inclusive life-long learning, adoption of universal design, supply of assistive technologies are some of the key measures that stakeholders can adopt to ensure an inclusive future of work of persons with disabilities. The future of work presents m...

“Path to a Career” competition by BABD in Russia

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Business Advisory Board on Disability (BABD) - like many other organizations - transitioned to remote work. In April 2020, BABD held the final event of the “Path to a Career” competition – for the first time...

Orange Business Services in Brazil promotes an inclusive workplace

Orange Business Services in Brazil increases awareness to promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities. One of the main objectives covered by the global agreement on workplace gender equality signed by Orange Group with UNI Global Union in J...

Zain’s Virtual Assistive technologies Hackathon

A 4-day virtual hackathon revolving around assistive technologies for people with disabilities that Zain hosted. Zain’s disability inclusion initiative, WE ABLE, has been focusing on making all Zain operations more disability-inclusive by the ye...

Webinar “Business leadership in disability-inclusive responses to COVID-19”, 24 June, 5pm-6.30pm (CET)

The panel discussion with Paul Polman (Chair and Co-founder, IMAGINE) and Matthias Thorns (Deputy Secretary-General, International Organisation of Employers (IOE)), moderated by Caroline Casey (Founder, The Valuable 500), will be followed by presenta...

Masterclass webinar “Making Remote Working Work”, 25 June 2020

As part of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN) 2020 workstream “Workplace Adjustment Services”, the GBDN is organising the masterclass webinar “Making Remote Working Work” on Thursday, 25 June, 11am-12noon Eastern Time (5pm-...

Webinar “Making the Future of Work Inclusive of Persons with Disabilities”,1 July, 11am-12pm (CET)

In the framework of Disability Hub Europe (DHub), a project led by Fundación ONCE and co-funded by the European Social Fund, the publication “Making the future of work inclusive of persons with disabilities”, has been developed by the ILO G...

Webinar, 24 March – Disability Inclusion in COVID-19 responses in the World of Work

Facilitated by the ILO Global Business and Disability Network, all interested stakeholders, including governments, workers' and employers' organisations as well as organisations of persons with disabilities participated in a webinar to share good pra...

CONNECT – an event for job-seekers with disabilities

Movimiento Congruencia, as a business association promoting, facilitating and raising awareness on the labor inclusion of people with disabilities, believes it is essential to create a space where people with disabilities and talent-seeking businesse...

Engaging employees to measure success: Innovative approaches to encouraging self-identification of disability

A new guide from the Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN), a service of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy, provides strategies that employers can use to encourage employees with...

“Diversity is who we are. Inclusion is what we do.”

Alianza Éntrale presents the book: “Diversity is who we are. Inclusion is what we do”, compendium of good business practices of labor inclusion of people with disabilities. In December 2019, Alianza Éntrale presented the book: “Diversity i...

“Path to Success” – Disability employment project launched in Shanghai

3 December 2019 was the 28th International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Taking this opportunity, a project named "Path to Success: Create a Strong Eco-system for Persons with Disabilities in the Labour Market" was launched in Shanghai on 4 Decem...

CONECTA – event for jobseekers with disabilities

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Businesses for Inclusion: The Philippine Business and Disability Network Launch

Over 150 members from the public, private, non-profit, and civil society organization sectors convened on 28 January 2020, to witness the launch of the Philippine Business and Disability Network (PBDN). Organized by Project Inclusion Network (PIN), ...

Launch of #invalidopinions campaign

“Future of Work” conference – 21-22 November 2019

New forces are transforming the world of work: Technological development. Climate change. Demographic shifts. Globalization. These transitions call for decisive action. The business community needs to seize the moment to unlock the opportunities t...

Ibero-American Network of Inclusive Companies

Within the framework of the «Iberoamérica Incluye» Forum 2019, which was organized by the Ibero-American Social Security Organization (OISS, abbreviation in Spanish), the 4th meeting of the Ibero-American Inclusive Business Network was held. This ...

Key Takeaways from the National Business and Disability Council’s Annual National Disability Employment Awareness Month celebration

In October 2019, employers and corporate leaders gathered at The Viscardi Center headquarters in New York for the National Business & Disability Council’s (NBDC) Annual National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) celebration. Each ye...

Ethiopian Business and Disability Network hosts its first Inclusive Employers Forum

Mid-December 2019, the Ethiopian Business and Disability Network (EBDN) hosted an Inclusive Employers Forum with a panel discussion that addressed the importance of inclusive employment and how to create an inclusive business plan. The EBDN, with ...

Business Disability Forum hosts first Global Conference

Business Disability Forum is hosting its inaugural Global Conference on 11 February 2020 at Canary Wharf, London. The conference will explore the positive impact that global companies can have on the life chances of people with disabilities around th...

Building Consensus – 1st ILO GBDN-China Annual Conference Held in Shanghai

To review and summarize the progress made by its 18 company members over the past one and a half years, the ILO Global Business and Disability Network - China Chapter (GBDN-China) held its first annual conference on 4-6 December 2019 in Shanghai. Bes...

It’s Not 1 in 4; It’s All of Us

ILO Global Business and Disability Network member Accenture showcases insights on mental health challenges in the workplace with an update to their 2018 UK survey, Nine in 10 UK Workers. In partnership with This Can Happen, the new survey, It’s Not...

Making Inclusion a priority for India Inc.

Empowerment of persons with disabilities is an imperative in building an inclusive society. The Government of India has conveyed its strong commitment towards inclusion, especially for persons with disabilities. The notification of the Rights of Pers...

Innovating, Collaborating, Engaging: The Pathway to Success

Disability and Inclusion is part of Merck’s DNA and it is demonstrated not only in HR efforts but in Merck’s Supplier Diversity efforts. During the Disability Employment Awareness Month, Merck celebrated the 2019 Economic Impact Summit hosted by ...

Zain’s first WE ABLE workshop was an intensive one-day assessment to support the company’s Disability Inclusion 2022 Strategy

Through the facilitative workshops involving people with disabilities, Zain’s task force conducted an assessment on key focus areas in line with the ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN) Charter, with the objective to help the taskforce...

Securitas Uruguay holds a seminar on labour market inclusion for people with disabilities in the private sector

Presentations were delivered by Gustavo Cardozo (Director of the Assessment, Support and Employment Section in PRONADIS, the National Disability Program of Uruguay), Eleonora Álvarez (Assistant Director of DERES, the National Business Council for Su...

Sodexo launches global mental health and wellbeing e-learning

To coincide with World Mental Health Day (10 October), Sodexo launched a global e-learning on mental health and wellbeing. The module, created as a partnership between the Diversity and Inclusion and Health Safety and Environment teams, will be avail...

Hiring people with disabilities is good business – but it is also a matter of rights

The Peruvian Business and Disability Network and the Government of Peru are discussing the advantages of hiring people with disabilities. They agree that it is not only a matter of social responsibility or assistance, but also a matter of social just...

Orange France gives a voice to its employees to improve the inclusion of people with disabilities in the company

In January 2019, Orange France launched an “OZ Disability Challenge”, aiming at collectively mobilize employees around the topic of inclusion of persons with disabilities in the company. Using the “OZ Challenge” platform, HR Expertise Depa...

Movimiento Congruencia: 15 years promoting the labor inclusion of people with disabilities in Mexico

In October, the Annual General Assembly of Movimiento Congruencia and the Awards Ceremony for the 2019 Include Awards took place. The 15th Anniversary of Movimiento Congruencia was also celebrated. Fernando Méndez, President of the Council of Movimi...

October was National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) in the US: IBM’s celebrations

Observed each October, NDEAM celebrates the contributions of workers with disabilities in the US. The 2019 NDEAM theme was "Right talent, right now", emphasizing the essential role people with disabilities play in America’s economic success, especi...

Ground-breaking research on disability inclusion strategies for global organisations

The leading non-profit membership organisation, Business Disability Forum, is conducting ground-breaking research looking at disability inclusion at a global business level. Sponsored by Shell, the project is exploring the challenges businesses fa...

Krungthai-AXA Life – Changing the way we see

In August 2019, Krungthai-AXA Life (KTAXA), a market leader in health and protection insurance, joined 'The Blind Experience & Exhibition' at the LIDO Connect, Siam Square, Bangkok. The public event was organised by the Blind Experience Foundat...

Movimiento Congruencia supports education to promote inclusion in the workplace

Movimiento Congruencia is building alliances with educational institutions to grant full scholarships to people with disabilities for vocational training. After 15 years of promoting, raising awareness and facilitating the labor inclusion of peopl...

“Ability is in Everyone” – event led by Sodexo India and Unilever

Sodexo India recently partnered with its client Unilever to host an event entitled Ability is in Everyone - Inclusion & Advancement of Persons with Disabilities at the Workplace. The event attracted 150 attendees from Sodexo, Unilever, many ot...

DisAbility Business Forum puts spotlight on disability and unemployment in Austria

On 21 August, Austria's DisAbility Business Forum hosted a press conference on employment and disability. Gregor Demblin, Founder of the social enterprise myAbility, and Johannes Kopf, board member of the federal Public Employment Service AMS, answer...

Orange Group & Sonatel are committed to people with disabilities in Senegal

Sonatel (Orange Senegal) has set up a new Disability Policy to provide inclusion and support to people with disabilities. As a digital and caring employer, Orange believes that diversity is a key success factor to support the changes affecting the te...

Inclusive business awards open for nominations

Business Disability Forum’s 2019 Disability Smart Awards are now open for nominations. Each year these awards showcase and celebrate businesses and organisations which have demonstrated a clear and ongoing commitment to deliver for all customers a...

AXA Disability Inclusion Program: a Workshop for Better Communication

At AXA Life Insurance Co., Ltd., also known as AXA Life Japan (ALJ), an interactive workshop called Disability Inclusion Program (DIP) is conducted at least once a year. This year it was held in July with 30 participants from various departments. ...

Peruvian company Empanacombi triumphs in Paris with its disability-inclusive business model

On April 8-9, the Harkin Summit was held, with the support of former US Senator Tom Harkin and organized by Humanity & Inclusion (HI). This session was devoted to discussing policies and good practices on employment and people with disabilities. ...

Movimiento Congruencia launches the Include Awards 2019

Every year, the Include Awards of Movimiento Congruencia acknowledge best practices of social and labor inclusion of people with disabilities in Mexico. Movimiento Congruencia promotes, raises awareness and facilitates the labor inclusion of peopl...

Research shows greater action needed on workplace adjustments

Findings from new research published by Business Disability Forum show that greater action is needed on workplace adjustments. Based on the views of over 1,200 respondents, The Great Big Workplace Adjustments Survey provides a detailed picture of ...

GBDN China – Raising the bar through cooperation

It was in spring 2017 when Taicang Inclusion Factory’s Head of the Job Coach Department, Marina Kalnitski, and Flex CSER Director, Sarah Albert, first met - during a China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF) hosted conference in Beijing. Both wer...

Launching the MSD India capABILITY Network

MSD in India took a significant step in strengthening its commitment to Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) by expanding its focus to persons with disabilities in May 2019. This journey for MSD India began when Don Watson (Global VP-GWES Facilitie...

National Business and Disability Network in Paraguay launched

21 important companies from different sectors joined the challenge of articulating a space to exchange experiences and lessons learned and to grow together under the premise that inclusion is an added value for both production and good management: Mc...

Reading without seeing

The Employers’ Federation of Ceylon, together with the ILO office for Sri Lanka, Bookshare and Enable India, conducted the “Reading without seeing” experiential training in December 2018. 30 visually impaired participants got the opportunity...

Building a neurodiverse high-tech workforce

Research on neurodiversity in the IT workforce, conducted as part of the IDEA Hub at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), has just been published. The paper reports that high-tech firms need to take advantage of the talents of a growing neurodivers...

Inserta Empleo signed 24 Inserta Municip agreements in 2018 to promote labor inclusion for people with disabilities

In 2018, Inserta Empleo's general director, Virginia Carcedo, signed a total of 24 Municip agreements with municipalities throughout the different autonomous communities in Spain. The objective of these agreements is to promote the employment of peo...

The Home Depot, together with Movimiento Congruencia, develops projects aimed at rendering its stores and support offices accessible

Movimiento Congruencia (M.C.) offers advice and support to companies that are developing inclusion processes, providing them with the tools to reach full inclusion. The Include Awards, granted every year, are a way of identifying and spreading best p...

Sodexo UK&I featured in high-profile advertising campaign on disability inclusion

Sodexo UK&I was selected to feature in a national advertising campaign being run by the UK Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to promote and encourage organisations to undertake the disability accreditation scheme. Sodexo was chosen as ...

German “Inclusion Award for Economy 2019” awarded

More and more employers recognize the inclusion of people with disabilities as an opportunity. Among them are the winners of the prestigious German “Inclusion Award for the Economy 2019”, which have now been awarded in Berlin: automotive group Da...

Webinar “Globalising Employee Resource Groups on disability”, 22 May 2019, 3pm – 4pm (CET)

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) of workers with disabilities have proven to be a successful mechanism to make the needs of employees with disabilities heard and addressed in companies where these ERGs exist. Multinational enterprises with disability ...

Webinar “Affirmative Recruitment Practices”, 27 March 2019, 9am – 10am (CET)

To harness the business benefits of disability inclusion, companies proactively remove barriers in their recruitment practices to ensure inclusive experiences for everyone, including people with disabilities. Accenture and the Australian Public Se...

SOFOFA’s Inclusive Business Network presented its assessment of 2018 at its 13th General Assembly

The Inclusive Business Network of SOFOFA-ILO held its 13th General Assembly on 10 January 2019, where the milestones of 2018 and the strategic planning for 2019 were presented. The meeting was attended by the President of the Federation of Chilean...

Promoting disability-inclusive formal employment in developing countries

Sightsavers and Leonard Cheshire – both are NGO members of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network – are each leading a consortium to deliver a 3-year programme from 2019 to 2022, funded by the UK Aid Connect programme. Sightsavers is l...

Standard Chartered releases a disability toolkit

Standard Chartered bank has developed a toolkit to assist managers and staff who have a person with a disability in their team. The toolkit is a ‘signpost’ that links staff to specific tools such as hiring and onboarding, ongoing staff managem...

Sodexo brings disability into the spotlight

On 13 February, Sodexo hosted its first UK conference on disability in the workplace. The event, called "Open Your Mind: Driving Disability Inclusion", welcomed an audience of 75 representatives from the public and private sector. Organised in par...

In 2018, L’Oréal celebrated the 10th anniversary of its DisAbility Awards and restated its commitment to people with disabilities

L’Oréal has made strides toward Diversity and Inclusion and is recognized for its achievements. More than 15 years ago, L’Oréal committed to employ people with disabilities as one of the historical pillars of the group’s Diversity & Inclu...

Turning point for global disability agenda

The global disability agenda is at a ‘turning point’, founder of #Valuable, Dr Caroline Casey, announced at Business Disability Forum’s annual Scottish Conference, in Edinburgh. The event, which took place on 11th December, was attended by 150 ...

CII launches the India Business Disability Network, a unique platform for companies to enable inclusion

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) launched the India Business Disability Network (IBDN) at the National Conference on ‘Mainstreaming Inclusivity & Accessibility – Enabling Industry’ in Delhi on 21 January 2019. The IBDN is a Nat...

The Valuable 500 launches at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting to promote disability inclusion in business

A new campaign, supported by the ILO Global Business and Disability Network, that will hold global business leaders accountable for disability inclusion in their businesses launched today at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Summit in Davos. Ann...

The Business Case for Disability Inclusion -WEF Annual Meeting 2019

Follow the 24 January 2019 discussion on "The Business Case for Disability Inclusion" at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting, live at 5.30pm (Swiss time), at https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting/sessions/the-acc...

Developing soft skills of persons with disabilities in Sri Lanka

In recent years, Sri Lankan persons with disabilities have increasingly combated outdated cultural norms in order to secure their rightful place in society and the labour market. However, persons with disabilities continue having difficulty in findin...

Desarrollo de competencias interpersonales de las personas con discapacidad en Sri Lanka

Las personas con discapacidad de Sri Lanka llevan combatiendo en los últimos años, cada vez más, ciertas normas culturales obsoletas, con el objetivo de asegurarse el lugar en la sociedad y el mercado laboral que les corresponde legítimamente. Pe...

Bridging the communication gap – As a full time employee at Standard Chartered, Rajesh sees his role as a sign language interpreter as a vocation

My life changed profoundly when I met Sripathy at my family’s church in Bangalore, India three years ago. Sripathy is an architect who is a leader in his field. He also has a hearing impairment and is unable to pronounce sounds which meant he neede...

Sodexo Mexico gains “Independent Living Programme” recognition

Sodexo Mexico has received a recognition through the “Independent Living Programme” given by the top consulting companies in Mexico City. Sodexo was recognised for the work it does to promote inclusion of people with disabilities. As part of the ...

Carrefour Romania’s recruitment campaign for people with disabilities

By taking concrete actions, Carrefour Romania managed to make a drastic improvement in the employment of people with disabilities. Thanks partly to a successful recruitment campaign, Carrefour Romania managed to achieve a 105% increase in the empl...

SenseAbility’s pilot projects connect key influencers of employment outcomes for people with disabilities to provide Work Integrated Learning opportunities for students

SenseAbility’s experience in supporting both public and private sector organizations in Canada in their journey to building inclusive workplaces is leading to innovative opportunities to partner with key stakeholders involved in employment outcomes...

AccorHotels’ teams ran together in the first edition of the race Ensemble to change views on disability

On 16 September 2018, employees from AccorHotels, Eqiom, FSEF, Galeries Lafayette, PMU, Paris 2024 and Systra ran all together for the first time in a disability awareness project under the patronage of Sophie Cluzel, Secretary of State in charge of ...

5th annual meeting of the GBDN

The ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN) held its 5th annual meeting on Monday, 22 October 2018, at the ILO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting included Charter signing ceremony of Charter for new members in ...

2nd global meeting of National Business and Disability Networks

The ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN) will hold its 2nd global meeting of National Business and Disability Networks on 23 October 2018, at the ILO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting will take place one day after the GBDN...

ILO Global Business and Disability Network opens its China Chapter

On 31 July 2018, the ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN) launched its China Chapter in Beijing. Five Chinese enterprises and nine foreign companies operating in China have decided to join forces to facilitate the inclusion of persons wi...

Two US-based multinational companies, DXC Technology and MSD, have joined the GBDN

In joining the network, DXC Technology and MSD committed to implement the ten principles of the Global Business and Disability Charter, which guides companies in promoting more diverse workforces, including persons with disabilities. A welcome cer...

GBDN members participate in UN’s annual disability conference

Since 2008, the Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), ratified by 177 countries, takes place every year. This year, two ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN) members, B...

1st global meeting of National Business and Disability Networks

How can we support national-level activities to link business and persons with disabilities? There are National Business and Disability Networks (NBDNs) in over twenty countries. They are forums where companies and other organizations come together t...

4th annual meeting of the GBDN

Capgemini, Legrand and the Savola Group have become the latest members of the employer-led worldwide network on disability inclusion by signing the Global Business and Disability Charter. The signing ceremony took place during this year’s annual m...

GBDN Latin American regional meeting, 31 August – 1 September 2017

A two-day workshop in the ILO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, Lima, Peru, on 31 August - 1 September 2017 brought together more than 30 representatives from 12 Latin American countries, including from National Business and Disab...

Guide for business on the rights of persons with disabilities

Business and disability meeting, 31 July 2017, Johannesburg, South Africa

Jointly organized by Standard Bank, the ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN) and South African Employers for Disability (SAE4D) the meeting in the Standard Bank head office premises in Johannesburg on Monday, 31 July 2017, brought togeth...

Event “Promoting disability inclusion globally” – 20 June 2017, Washington DC, USA

To support companies in increasing their opportunities to promote disability inclusion globally, the ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN) and the United States Council for International Business (USCIB) hosted an invitation-only event fo...

Promoting diversity and inclusion through workplace adjustments: A practical guide

3rd annual meeting of the GBDN

On 12 October 2016, the ILO Global Business and Disability Network hosted its 2016 Global Meeting at the ILO’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. During the event, new company members signed the Business Charter on Disability, joining forces with...