The Biden-Harris Administration is focused on investing in all of America’s workers. Investing in America’s workers means building an economy from the bottom up and middle out by investing in a workforce that includes people with disabilities and connects them with jobs that do not just let them get by, but help them get ahead. These historic investments are creating job opportunities across the country. Workers with disabilities are ready to fill these vacancies. People with disabilities are experiencing record employment rates. In 2023, the employment rate for working-age people with disabilities was the highest on record at 37.2%. Disabled people also work in a wide variety of occupations and industries including construction, advanced manufacturing and clean energy sectors. Federal investments in good jobs can create opportunities for greater inclusion of people with disabilities in the workforce and in these industries.
How to Use This Toolkit
This U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) toolkit provides strategies and best practices to recruit, hire, retain, and advance workers with disabilities in good jobs in construction, manufacturing, and clean energy. This document can be used by many different groups but is primarily intended for public and private employers working to build equitable pathways to good jobs for people with disabilities in these industries. The toolkit provides a menu of strategies and practical advice, and shares examples and resources from government agencies and other entities.
This resource is organized into the following sections, each of which contains strategies and information relevant to disability inclusion in good jobs:
