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Tool #8: Creating Inclusive Workplaces

icon tool 8Learn about the benefits of inclusive workplaces and how to create and implement inclusive workplace policies in Tool #8.



Inclusive workplaces generate more benefits than simply including people with disabilities.

Universal Design is an ongoing process that builds adaptive, resilient, and inclusive workplaces.

An inclusive workplace policy is a framework that fosters employee engagement by standardizing employment conditions. It also enables your company to create its own organizational culture.

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There are four easy steps to creating inclusive workplaces.

FREE EMPLOYER TOOLKIT

The toolkit offers a variety of informative tools. Learn about the skills people with disabilities bring to the workplace and use our ‘how-to’ resources, that provide practical tips and strategies on successful recruitment, hiring, inclusion and retention of people with disabilities.

DISABILITY CONFIDENT PARTNERS CAN HELP YOU!

There is help to become an inclusive employer! HIRE for TALENT has a network of organizations offering services and programs designed to help your business recruit, hire, train and retain people with disabilities. After consulting the employer toolkit, call a HIRE for TALENT, Disability Confident PARTNER to find-out what services are available near you!

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By completing this short questionnaire, you can identify the best tools to hire and retain employees with disabilities, as well as increase your company’s performance.

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FACTS & STATS

Employers often find that workers who identify as having disabilities have unique abilities; they also tend to work harder to prove themselves.
According to employers, people with disabilities perform as well or better than other workers. These employers concluded that hiring people with disabilities did not negatively impact their businesses.
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In a national survey of consumer attitudes towards various companies, 92% of the respondents gave favourable ratings to businesses that hire people with disabilities.
98% were satisfied or very satisfied with the service they received when dealing with an employee with a disability.