Accessibility in the employee lifecycle

Topic: Examines the common barriers relating to a range of experiences of disability that show up in each stage of the employee lifecycle.

Level: Intermediate

Audience: HR or People and Culture teams

Standard length: 90 mins

Objective: Understand the barriers that employees with disabilities face and how these interact with your organization’s accommodation and disclosure processes.

By the end of the session, learners will be able to:

• Understand the common barriers encountered throughout each stage of the employee lifecycle – recruitment, hiring, onboarding, development, and retention
• Define the terms accessibility, accommodation, and disclosure as it relates to disability in the workplace
• Identify key behaviours indicative of an accessible organization