Survey of Employer Policies on the Employment of People with Disabilities - NF
About the Study
In 2016, the Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) partnered with the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) to fund contractor Westat to conduct the Survey of Employer Policies on the Employment of People with Disabilities. The survey, administered in 2018, collected information from employers about organizational policies, practices, successes, and challenges, as well as attitudes and beliefs regarding the recruitment, hiring, retention, and advancement of people with disabilities. The 2,023 survey respondents represent businesses across the United States. Researchers compared findings from this 2018 survey to results of a 2008 Department of Labor survey on the same topic. This Department of Labor-funded study was a result of the annual process to determine the Department’s research priorities for the upcoming year. It contributes to the labor evidence-base to inform worker protection and disability and employment programs and policies and addresses Departmental strategic goals and priorities.
- To what extent do companies employ, hire, and recruit people with disabilities? Have there been changes over the past decade?
- What are employers’ attitudes about people with disabilities? What do they view as the benefits of hiring people with disabilities? What concerns do they have?
- To what extent are companies implementing disability-inclusive practices? Which inclusive practices are related to hiring people with disabilities?
- To what extent do companies make efforts to recruit service-disabled Veterans? What strategies would be helpful to increase hiring of service-disabled Veterans?
- Do companies’ practices, policies, and attitudes vary by company characteristics?
- Survey of Employer Policies on the Employment of People with Disabilities (Final Report, June 2020)
- Implementation of Disability-Inclusive Workplace Policies and Practices by Federal Contractors and Non-Federal Contractors (Issue Brief, June 2020)
- Implementation and Effectiveness of Disability-Inclusive Workplace Practices and Policies (Issue Brief, June 2020)
- Employer Practices and Attitudes toward the Employment of People with Disabilities (Issue Brief, June 2020)
The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) sponsors independent evaluations and research, primarily conducted by external, third-party contractors in accordance with the Department of Labor Evaluation Policy and CEO’s research development process.