Job Accommodation Network Releases Publication on Monitoring Reasonable Accommodations
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Employment and Disability
White Paper on Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Nursing Educational Programs for the California Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities (CCEPD)
Marks, B. & Ailey, S. (2014). White Paper on Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Nursing Educational Programs for the California Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities. Chicago, IL. Featured on The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) website: Accommodating Students with Disabilities (https://tinyurl.com/ov6tlec). A White Paper on Inclusion of Students with …
Registered Nurses With Disabilities: Legal Rights and Responsibilities
Registered Nurses With Disabilities: Legal Rights and ResponsibilitiesLeslie Neal-Boylan, PhD, APRN, CRRN, FAAN& Michelle D. Miller, JD, MPH, RN AbstractPurpose: The purpose of this legal case review and analysis was to determine what kinds of cases involving nurses with disabilities are typically brought to attorneys, which cases tend to be successful, and how and when …
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EEOC Settles with Hospital that Refused Job Accommodation for Nurse with Cancer
Angel Medical Center to Pay $85,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination SuitThe U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has settled a disability discrimination lawsuit with Angel Medical Center, Inc. of Franklin, NC. The hospital was charged with violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by denying an employee an accommodation that would have allowed her to get cancer treatments while working full time. …
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Meeting the Demands of an Expanding Health Care Workforce
Meeting the Demands of an Expanding Health Care Workforce If you’ve ever seen the “Because” public service announcement from the Office of Disability Employment Policy, you’ve seen Kayla Woolridge swim. While filming the PSA, Kayla, who has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair, got to chatting with my staff about her career goals. Although still …
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An Ordinary, Extraordinary Day
http://social.dol.gov/blog/an-ordinary-extraordinary-day/ An Ordinary, Extraordinary Day
Major law change: Section 503 to Hire People with Disabilities to take Effect on Monday, March 24
OFCCP Final Rule to Improve Job Opportunities for Individuals with DisabilitiesOFCCP 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Final Rule Fact Sheet Beginning Monday, March 24th, 2014, businesses that work with the Federal Government will be required to set goals to employ people with disabilities at a rate of 7 percent and in doing so, …
Health Care Professionals with Disabilities Career Trends, Best Practices, & Call-to-Action Policy Roundtable
March 18, 2014 Advancing Inclusion in Health CareNOND ODEP Alliance Roundtable Final Reporthttp://www.dol.gov/odep/alliances/nond.htm More than 40 employers, federal and state policymakers, researchers and nursing school administrators convened at the U.S. Access Board on March 18 for a policy roundtable hosted by the Office of Disability Employment Policy in collaboration with the National Organization of Nurses …
MySkills MyFutures
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CareerOneStop
Your pathway to career success. Tools to help job seekers, students, businesses, and career professionals Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor https://www.servicelocator.org/