Employers group helps integrate disabled into workforce
From Channelnewsasia (www.channelnewsasia.com) dated 7 June 2007 - Employers group helps integrate disabled into workforce (excerpts):
SINGAPORE: Three physically disabled workers in one company have done well enough to own cars to drive to work. Three others in another company have won employee awards. Their disabilities have not stopped them from delivering results. And their employers are out to prove it.
Holiday Inn Park View is one of eleven companies which have formed an alliance - calling themselves Enabling Employers. Their aim is to draw more disabled people into the workforce. They have also come up with a fund to help companies adapt to hiring such workers.
With monthly events and a job fair planned, the group hopes to double the number of disabled people employed under this scheme. Companies interested can contact the Singapore National Employers’ Federation.
