Job Accommodation Network

Watch this Partnership on Inclusive Apprenticeship training session on driving accessibility for people with disabilities. This webinar provides 40 minutes of instruction on the “Why” and the “How” of accessibility. @PIA_works https://InclusiveApprenticeship.org/events/accessibility-webinar/

JAN offers key accommodation solutions to address job-related limitations associated with diabetes. Read “Accommodation and Compliance: Diabetes” https://AskJAN.org/disabilities/Diabetes.cfm

Employers often have questions about whether there are organizational or other rules and regulations that govern policies on developing job descriptions. JAN’s “Accommodation and Compliance: Job Descriptions” may help. https://AskJAN.org/topics/jobdesc.cfm

The Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology recently published a new blog post exploring ways employers can use inclusive extended reality (#XR) technology to support learning and engagement for employees both with and without disabilities. @PEATWorks https://www.PEATWorks.org/employee-learning-xr/

JAN sometimes receives questions about providing disability awareness training to co-workers and managers as an accommodation. What does this entail? #DisabilityAwareness https://AskJAN.org/publications/consultants-corner/Disability-Awareness-Training.cfm

“Supporting Employees with Long COVID: A Guide for Employers” is a new resource that addresses the basics about Long COVID, including its intersection with mental health. It provides answers to frequently asked questions about Long COVID and job accommodations. https://AskJAN.org/Publications/upload/Supporting-Employees-with-Long-COVID-A-Guide-for-Employers.pdf

Accommodations for individuals with Long COVID can vary depending on specific limitations and job duties. JAN’s “Accommodating Employees with COVID-19 Or Long COVID” is a starting point for exploring solutions. #LongCovid https://AskJAN.org/blogs/jan/2021/03/Accommodating-Employees-with-COVID-19-or-Long-COVID.cfm

Are you registered for JAN’s Accommodation and Compliance Webcast Series? Don’t miss this JAN training. Register TODAY! #JANTraining - https://AskJAN.org/events/register/2022-webcast-series.cfm

Developed jointly by JAN and EARN, “Supporting Employees with Long COVID: A Guide for Employers” is a new resource that outlines temporary and long-term workplace supports that can help businesses of all sizes support and retain employees with Long COVID. https://AskJAN.org/Publications/upload/Supporting-Employees-with-Long-COVID-A-Guide-for-Employers.pdf

Are employers held to a higher standard when they do more to provide accommodations than required under the ADA? Read JAN's "Good Deeds Not Punished: Dispelling the Idea of Precedent Setting and the ADA" https://AskJAN.org/articles/Good-Deeds-Not-Punished-Dispelling-the-Idea-of-Precedent-Setting-and-the-ADA.cfm