Why Hiring People with Disabilities is Good For Business in the New Normal infographic

A visual representation of the stats that show the business case for inclusive hiring.

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Why Hiring People with Disabilities is Good for Business Now:

The “New Normal” and New Opportunities

Diverse and inclusive workplaces have better business outcomes

  • 2x more likely to meet or exceed financial targets
  • 6x more likely to be innovative 
  • 6x more likely to effectively anticipate change

People with disabilities are great employees

  • 72% higher staff retention 
  • 86% had equivalent or better attendance than their peers
  • 90% performed equal or better than their coworkers without disabilities

Employees with disabilities can help your business adjust to COVID-19

  • They are innovative and adaptable to overcome barriers in their own lives and at work
  • Many are primed for the remote work COVID-19 requires
  • Many prefer the temporary, flexible, or casual opportunities businesses need to fill gaps via as we adjust our operations

Besides, it’s easier than you think

If anything, COVID-19 has shown that accommodations aren’t difficult and benefit employers…

  • Work from home is one of the most common accommodation requests and now we know it is practical for many jobs 
  • 58% cost nothing at all and 37% require a one-time expense of $500
  • Businesses saw an economic benefit of 2 to 7x the cost of accommodations for employees with various mental health disabilities

Sources:

  1. PR Newswire. (2017) New Deloitte Research Identifies Keys to Creating Fair and Inclusive Organizations
  2. Deloitte. (2017) The road to inclusion: Integrating people with disabilities into the workplace.
  3. Conference Board of Canada. (2018) The Business Case to Build Physically Accessible Environments.
  4. Job Accommodation Network (JAN). (n.d.) Benefits and Costs of Accommodations. 
  5. Lindsay, S., Cagliostro, E., Albarico, M., Mortaji, N., and Karon, L. (2018) A Systemic Review of the Benefits of Hiring People with Disabilities.