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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....
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Standard Chartered - Building a disability confident workplace
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...
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....
#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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 with...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
Disability “Smart” Company
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 companies,...
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
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.