Introduction of 2022 Kessler Foundation Survey: Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Supervisor Perspectives

Friday, October 21, 2022
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Eastern Time (Free, Online)

Description:
Welcome to the National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) Lunch & Learn Series.

Comparing the workplaces of 2022 and 2017 –

This month, we will take a first look at how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the ways employers recruit, hire, train, and retain people with disabilities in the workforce. We will introduce findings from the “2022 Kessler Foundation National Employment and Disability Survey: Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Supervisor Perspectives.” The 2022 Survey is the fourth in a groundbreaking series of surveys aimed at getting detailed information on ways people with disabilities achieve inclusion in the workplace.

Industry experts—Andrew Houtenville, PhD, and Debra Brucker, PhD, from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Institute on Disability and John O’Neill, PhD, and Elaine E. Katz, MS, CCC-SLP, from Kessler Foundation—will compare the perspectives of supervisors today with those of their counterparts surveyed in 2017. In addition, our guest presenter, Wendi Safstrom, from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), will discuss changes seen by the SHRM Foundation among human resource members focusing on building inclusive workplaces and leading positive social change.

Learn firsthand about shifts that reflect the profound effects the COVID-19 pandemic had on workplace processes and procedures. Register here: researchondisability.org/ntide or contact: karen.volle@unh.edu

About National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) Lunch & Learn Series
On the first Friday of every month, corresponding with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report, the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Institute on Disability and Kessler Foundation offer a live broadcast via Zoom to share the results of the latest nTIDE findings. In addition, we provide news and updates from the field of disability employment and host an invited panelist who discusses current disability-related findings and events.

nTIDE is brought to you by the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability and the Employment Policy and Measurement Rehabilitation and Research Training Center, funded by the Kessler Foundation.

All webinars are closed-captioned, recorded, and added to the researchondisability.org/ntide website archives with full transcripts following the live broadcast.

Tags: covid-19, employment, research