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2020 Employer Summit: Disability and Employment – Strengthening the Workforce

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2020 Employer Summit: Disability and Employment – Strengthening the Workforce

October 07,2020

9:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Online

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South Carolina businesses and human resource professionals will be gathering online in October to learn how to close the disability employment gap and build a disability-inclusive workforce.

The Employer Summit, an annual event held by Hire Me SC, will be held online this year on Oct. 7, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Human resource professionals who attend will hear from other businesses on their inclusionary practices and from disability rights activists who have helped create and reform employment policies. Attendees will also learn why disability employment is important not just for society but for their companies, and they will learn how to make the case for disability employment to your C-suite.

The October summit will align with National Disability Employment Awareness Month: a month centered around the importance of hiring and retaining people with disabilities in the workforce. This year’s featured speakers are Tim Arnold, President and CEO of Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company—a company that has successfully integrated disability employment practices into the workplace—and former US Senator Tom Harkin, one of the authors of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the founder of The Harkin Institute. Other topics on the agenda include mental health inclusion in the workplace, creating accessible workplaces, inclusive models for job instruction, and including disability in their business strategy.

Tickets are $75 and available at https://hiremesc.org/employer-summit/. The summit has been approved for 2 hours of Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) credit. HR Certification Institute (HRCI) credit hours are pending.

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