People with disabilities represent an untapped pool of skills that can enhance business. However, people with disabilities frequently face greatbarriers to work that go beyond physical obstacles -- stereotypes and wrong assumptions often prevent this significant chunk of the world population from..
Improving business practices for employees with disabilities is the “smart” thing to do because it leads to improvements for the entire workforce!
Yves Veulliet, Global Disability & Inclusion Program Manager at IBM, shares his view on the benefits of employing people with disabilities and key recommendations for companies for becoming more inclusive.
The ILO Global Business and Disability Network consists of multinational enterprises, employers’ organizations, business networks on disability, academia and international non-governmental organizations. Its mission is to raise business awareness about the positive impact of including persons with..
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 business success.
Legrand, member of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN), is a multinational company with more than 35,000 staff and locations in more than 80 countries. With support from the GBDN, Legrand aims to promote initiatives for the inclusion of workers with disabilities beyond the current ..
Manique Gunaratne, Manager Specialised Training and Disability Resource Centre of The Employers' Federation of Ceylon which is a member of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network, on the business case of disability inclusion.
Murteza Rafi Kahn, Co-Chair of the Executive Committee of the Bangladesh Business and Disability Network which is a member of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network, on the business case of disability inclusion.
MSD, member of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN), is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. With support from the GBDN, MSD aims to promote initiatives for the inclusion of workers with disabilities in the company.
Kate Nash provides information on the key role that Employee Resource Groups play to promote disability inclusion in the private sector.
Fernando Riaño presents examples of the work of the ONCE Social Group and shares his view on the way forward towards a more inclusive Future of Work.
Carla Bonino presents the work of Disability Hub Europe, an EU-funded project managed by the ONCE Foundation which focuses on promoting disability inclusion as part of sustainability.
Yazmine Laroche presents her work on promoting disability inclusion in the Canadian federal Government and also discusses the idea of establishing a network of public sector entities working on disability inclusion.
Ramón Pueyo highlights some of the key findings of the publication “Making the Future of Work inclusive of persons with disabilities” which was launched on 21 November 2019.
Victor Calise presents the work that he leads as New York Commissioner to promote the employment of persons with disabilities in New York City, also within the City itself as an employer.
Caroline Casey presents "The Valuable 500" campaign and shares her experience in working with private sector and the important opportunities that are coming with it.
The Secretariat of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network took part in the online conference "Road to employment for Persons with Disabilities", 4-5 May 2020, organised by the European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD) and L’ADAPT.
The ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN)'s annual conference took place virtually. During the conference, two company members were welcomed officially - Nestlé and SUEZ Group - and an additional four companies declared their commitment to joining the GBDN -Sopra Steria, Schneider Elect..
Adil Hasan Ali Farghal, Produce Service Associate at Panda Retail Company - part of the Savola Group, a company member of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network - is a valued employee with Down syndrome. In an inclusive work environment with supportive co-workers and managers, Adil is enable..
As part of the Zero Project Conference 2023, the ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN)'s Self-Assessment tool was presented in a fireside chat. Susan Scott-Parker, the tool's content architect, Neil Milliken, 2023-24 chair of the ILO GBDN representing Atos, and Jürgen Menze, coordinator..
