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EMPLOYER GUIDE

 

"Questions and Answers About Telecommuting Regarding

Persons with Disabilities: A GUIDE FOR EMPLOYERS,"

 

The Independent Living Research Utilization Program,

The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Houston, Texas,

and James Jarrett, Graduate School of Business, University

of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.

 

This guide is for human resource staffs and supervisors in

private and public organizations on issues related to

telecommuting by employees and job seekers with disabilities.

The 20-page guide is based mainly on a national mail survey of

approximately 500 employers conducted in 1995. Additional

information came from telephone interviews, reviews of materials

submitted by corporations and by departments of federal, state,

and local governments, and analysis of prior telecommuting

studies. Prepared in a question-and-answer format, the guide was

designed to address issues from an employer's perspective. A

companion guide looks at issues from the perspective of employees

and job applicants with disabilities. One appendix provides

examples of useful materials which could serve as resources for

employers: guides and handbooks, agreements and forms, reports,

training offerings, electronic sources of information, and

videotapes. A second appendix contains comments from employers

about telecommuting by people with disabilities.

 

There is no cost for an electronic mail version of the guide.

Order from the author via e-mail:

 

<JarrettJ@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu>.

 

The cost for a hard copy is $7.50, pre-paid, to cover shipping

and handling. Order via electronic mail or by writing the author

at:

 

Dr. James Jarrett

Mail Code F0500

Graduate School of Business

University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX 78713.

 

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Last updated: December 28, 1998
Email: rijohnso@orednet.org

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