A free workshop on how to maximize staffing potential

Diversifying the Workforce is a 90-minute presentation that provides a business perspective on hiring people with disabilities. Topics covered include recruitment, job accommodations, the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act on the workplace, employer’s rights, and most importantly, why hiring people with disabilities is a good business decision.

This capacity-building workshop can also help meet your diversity training needs, and can be held at either your location or at Fedcap, conveniently located on 14th Street.

Fedcap is offering this workshop at no cost to businesses, thanks to support from the New York Community Trust, one of the city’s largest foundations.

Learn how an untapped resource can become a competitive advantage!

Fedcap is one of the largest employers of people with disabilities in New York, as well as a proven leader in training and job placement. Our business divisions employ over 1000 workers, most of them graduates of our award-winning training programs, and generate over $48 million in revenue.

As both trainer and employer, Fedcap is an expert in tapping this underutilized resource. Now you can benefit from our experience and see how employing people with disabilities makes good business sense. Learn how to accommodate workers to ensure maximum productivity, deal with concerns and misconceptions, find out about financial incentives and gain a better understanding of the ADA and its impact.

Contact us now and learn how you can gain a business advantage with this new approach.

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• Surveys have shown that people with a disability: on average, have a better attendance record, have an average or better productivity rate than other workers and have an average or better job retention rate. (Lester & Caudill, 1987; Noel, 1990; DuPont, 1981 & 1990
  
  
• Turnover rates of for employees with disabilities are substantially lower than for those without (8% annually for people with disabilities vs. 45% overall in a study by Washington Mutual Insurance, and 20% vs. 150% in a study by Pizza Hut).
  
  
• 15% of employers acknowledge that employer reluctance is the biggest barrier to employment for people with disabilities (Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Rutgers University, 2003).
  
  
• Most (74%) workers with disabilities do not require any special accommodations – and for those that do, most accommodations are inexpensive and easily obtainable (Job Accommodation Network)

A senior Fedcap manager, Randy Shannon is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor with over 25 years in the field. He has been a vocational counselor, evaluator, and director at a variety of New York City rehabilitation agencies. Mr. Shannon is active in the NYS Rehabilitation Association, and served as a board member of the Metro NY Rehabilitation Association.

Fedcap Rehabilitation Services
(212) 727-4200
info@fedcap.org