The Importance of Anti-Discrimination and Workers' Compensation Laws on the Provision of Workplace Accommodations following the Onset of a Disability

Burkhauser, Richard V.; Schmeiser, Maximilian D.; Weathers, Robert

doi:10.1177/001979391206500109

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“…This evidence is consistent with Burkhauser et al (2012), who used the Health and Retirement Study (hRs) and reported accommodations by respondents who had a wide range of disabilities. 1 Moreover, in a study of nearly 60,000 claims filed under the ADA, Feurerstein, Luff, Harrington, and Olsen (2007) found that only 2.9% of them were related to cancer.…”

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Work Continuation while Treated for Breast Cancer

Neumark

Bradley

Henry³

et al. 2015

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Given the short- and long-term disabilities associated with breast cancer and its treatment, the authors investigate the influence of workplace accommodations on the employment and hours worked of women newly diagnosed with breast cancer. Accommodations that allow women to work fewer hours or that ease the burden of work could also generate health benefits by reducing workplace demands and allowing women more time to tend to treatment needs and recovery. In prior research, the authors found modest labor supply impacts on employment for this group of women. Evidence from this study suggests that some accommodations are associated with fewer hours worked, while some are associated with higher employment or hours. In addition, some of the accommodations that may affect hours of work—sometimes positively and sometimes negatively—are associated with positive health benefits.

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Work Continuation while Treated for Breast Cancer

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“…Estimates of the percentage of employees with disabilities who receive accommodations vary considerably, from 12 percent to 65 percent (Burkhauser, Schmeiser, & Weathers, ; Hernandez et al, ; Zwerling et al, ). Surprisingly, there is little information on how many accommodation requests are made, the percentage that are accepted versus denied, and for those that are denied, why they are denied.…”

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Accommodating Employees With and Without Disabilities

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Nishii

Adya

et al. 2014

Human Resource Management

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Efforts to recruit and retain employees with disabilities are often tempered by employers' concerns over potential workplace accommodation costs. This study reports on accommodations requested and granted in intensive case studies of eight companies, based on more than 5,000 employee and manager surveys, and interviews and focus groups with 128 managers and employees with disabilities. Two unique contributions are that we analyze accommodations for employees without disabilities as well as for those with disabilities, and compare perspectives on accommodation costs and benefits among employees, their coworkers, and their managers. We find people with disabilities are more likely than those without disabilities to request accommodations, but the types of accommodations requested and the reported costs and benefits are similar for disability and non-disability accommodations. In particular, fears of high accommodation costs and negative reactions of coworkers are not realized; all groups tend to report generally positive coworker reactions. Multilevel models indicate granting accommodations has positive spillover effects on attitudes of coworkers, as well as a positive effect on attitudes of requesting employees, but only when coworkers are supportive. Consistent with recent theorizing and other studies, our results suggest the benefits from a corporate culture of flexibility and attention to the individualized needs of employees.

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“…Disability had a special interest from regulators in the USA; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) was the foremost law aimed to dissolve any form of inequality and unfairness in hiring and compensating disable persons (Burkhauser, Schmeiser, & Weathers , 2012). Thanem (2008) indicated that this type of diversity requires more attention to go beyond what medical reports considered as disability.…”

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The Reality of Applying Human Resources Diversity Management and Its Impact on Workers’ (Performance, Cooperation, Commitment and Loyalty): A Field Study on the Jordanian Food Industry Companies

Bakir¹

2017

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Globalization, political instability, poverty, forced immigration and many other factors created a state of diversity in the composition of the world population, and accordingly diversity transferred into organizations, causing a big and unavoidable challenge to business organizations. Diverse human resources can be a source of success if they are well managed strategically, and could be the opposite if they were ignored, and don't have the needed inclusiveness.This study aimed first to find out the degree to which the Jordanian food industry companies are engaged in Human Resources Diversity Management (DM) in terms of (equity and justice in applying human resources strategies), empowerment and religious freedom. And second to examine the influence of (DM) strategies on workers (performance, cooperation, commitment and loyalty), 150 of non-Jordanian workers at 5 companies operating at King Abdulla the second industrial city were surveyed, depending on the workers responses it was found that the 5 companies do engage in (DM) strategies, except for staffing which is restricted by the Jordanian Labor Law, the results of multiple regression showed that all DM strategies have an influence on workers performance.Empowerment has only an influence on workers cooperation, and religious freedom affects workers commitment and loyalty.The researcher recommended that more involvement in organizational activities, equity, justice and good treatment, will enhance workers cooperation, commitment and loyalty.

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The Importance of Anti-Discrimination and Workers' Compensation Laws on the Provision of Workplace Accommodations following the Onset of a Disability

Cited by 27 publications

References 23 publications

Work Continuation while Treated for Breast Cancer

Work Continuation while Treated for Breast Cancer

Accommodating Employees With and Without Disabilities

The Reality of Applying Human Resources Diversity Management and Its Impact on Workers’ (Performance, Cooperation, Commitment and Loyalty): A Field Study on the Jordanian Food Industry Companies

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