Peter Blanck
1998
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The unemployment rate for people with disabilities is a problem of national proportion.Although the United States has been enjoying record low unemployment rates, there has been only a relatively modest increase in the employment rate of people with disabilities.Addressing the employment problem of people with disabilities is a national concern.
Every year the United States spends more than $109 billion in private and public support payments for people with disabilities. More than 3 million Americans with disabilities between the ages 16 to 64 receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI).Fewer than 3 percent of these people are working and earning more than $500 per month. Fewer than 1 percent of individuals who receive Social Security benefits ever leave the Social Security rolls.
A study recently undertaken by this author and sponsored by the University of Iowa Law, Health Policy, and Disability Center and Iowa Creative Employment Options examines the central role the staffing industry can play in expanding competitive employ- ment opportunities for persons with disabilities. This article presents some of the findings of the study, which focuses on Manpower Inc.'s efforts in this area and provides a selection of case illustrations that were included in the study.
Peter Blanck. (1998). Job placement for Employees with Disabilities – Manpower Leads the Way. Employment Relations Today, 25, 57-65.
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