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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED233185 AUTHOR:
TITLE: A Study of Accommodations Provided to Handicapped
Employees by Federal Contractors. Final Report. Volume II:
Ten Case Studies.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1982
NOTE: 151 p.; For a related document, see CE 036 672.
ABSTRACT: A series of 10 case studies was conducted as part
of a 20-month nationwide study of the accommodations
provided to handicapped employees by federal contractors.
During the course of the project, case study visits were
made to the following firms: the Dow Chemical Company; E. I.
DuPont de Nemours and Company; Hewlett-Packard; IBM
Corporation; Lockheed Missiles and Space Company; Merck,
Sharp, and Dohme; the Raytheon Company; the Storage
Technology Corporation; Tektronix, Inc.; and the Union
Carbide Corporation. The site visits, which lasted from 1 to
2 days, involved interviews with various types of
individuals, including top administrators, handicapped
employees, managers of handicapped employees, employment
recruiters or interviewers, and individuals in outside
agencies who send referrals to the firm or who handle
accommodation issues. Because these companies are large,
they all have at least one individual responsible for equal
employment opportunity and affirmative action. In most
cases, procedures for handling accommodation appear to be
informal and decisions concerning accommodation are made on
a flexible basis. Found to be especially successful were
accommodation practices involving technological advancements
that open job possibilities for some handicapped workers,
special procedures for finding and interviewing qualified
handicapped applicants, and training company staff in the
areas of company policy and disability awareness. (MN)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Administration-; Affirmative-Action; Case
Studies; Employer-Employee-Relationship; Employment
Interviews; Equal-Opportunities-Jobs; Industrial-Structure;
Industry-; National-Surveys; Personnel-Management; Staff
Development
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Accessibility-for-Disabled; *Disabilities
; *Employment-Practices; *Work-Environment
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