Disability and equity at work / edited by Jody Heymann, Michael A. Stein, and Gonzalo Moreno.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heymann, Jody, 1959- editor.

Stein, Michael Ashley, editor.

Moreno, Gonzalo (Moreno Ruiz de Elvira), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with disabilities--Employment.

People with disabilities.

Discrimination against people with disabilities.

Discrimination in employment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (466 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite international and national guarantees of equal rights, there remains a great deal to be done to achieve global employment equality for individuals with disabilities. In OECD countries, the employment rate of persons with disabilities was just over 40%, compared to 75% for persons without a disability; in many low- and middle-income countries, the employment rates are even lower. There are numerous reasons why persons with disabilities fare poorly in the labor market; Disability and Equity at Work is the first book to document what can be done to improve this imbalance. Chapters in this

Contents:

Disability, employment and inclusion worldwide / Jody Heymann, Michael A. Stein, and Gonzalo Moreno

Restructuring disability policy and improving employment outcomes in the United States / David C. Stapleton and David R. Mann

Disability and employment in the European union : collective strategies and tools / Anna Lawson

Complementary approaches : Japanese disability and employment law / Ryoko Sakuraba

Employment challenges and successes in low- and middle-income countries / Sophie Mitra

Government policy and employment of persons with disabilities in Peru / Stanislao Maldonado

Finding and maintaining employment : lessons from workplace non-discrimination measures / Susanne M. Bruyère with Sara A. Van Looy

Improving "disability confidence" from within the private sector : the employers' forum on disability / Megan Galeucia

Employability and inclusion in a for-profit company : serasa experian's employability program for persons with disabilities / Kali Stull

Employment policy approaches and multi-sectoral implementation in low- and middle-income countries / Daniel Mont

Microfinance and disability : recommendations for policymakers and practitioners / Leif Atle Besland and Roy Mersland

Assistive technology and employment in low-resource environments / Joyojeet Pal

Transition from school to work : new directions for policy and practice / Frank R. Rusch [and 3 others]

Career advancement for young adults with disabilities / Lauren Lindstrom and Laurie Guttman Kahn

Preventing job abandonment and facilitating work reintegration in high-income countries / Rienk Prins.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-998123-X

0-19-998122-1

OCLC:

865334954