As announced by the U.S. Department of Labor in a press release today in Washington, the U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao will release a new video on how time and money can be saved in small businesses and how higher productivity can be achieved if the employers recruit, hire and advance employees who have disabilities.
Thursday was the 17th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. It is being offered as a tool to help in employing people with disabilities. The video features a meeting of small business owners which was recently held, in which they discuss how employees with disabilities have been advantageous for their business. They have been good leaders and they are committed to their job. They are innovative and proactive and they have helped to profit the employers. You can watch the video on the agency's website at http://www.dol.gov/odep.
Secretary Chao of the U.S. Department of Labor further stated that though a lot of progress has been made in the last 17 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act came into existence, there should be still more recognition of workers with disabilities, and they should be encouraged to become an important part of the working population. This is a message especially for the employees. The video goes to show that employing people with disabilities in indeed a smart business strategy.
ODEP has worked in collaboration with the Department's Employment and Training Administration and the Civil Rights Center to prepare a disability checklist so that Section 188 of the Workforce Investment Act can be implemented locally. For the first time in America an organization like the ODEP has been founded to help and deal with policies concerning employing people with disabilities. One of the methods developed by ODEP has been the 3,500 One-Stop Career Centers nationwide which helps people who have problems with employment, and this includes people with disabilities as well.
The information released by the U.S. Department of Labor is available on the Internet in various formats like large print, Braille, audio tape and disc. The U.S. Department of Labor further offers its service and help to America's employers and employees to help them to understand any regulations or laws and feel that it is their duty to provide them with any kind of information that they require.
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