The free ADA audio conference: Aging Workers with Disabilities: Implications for Employers will be Tuesday, Feb. 16, from 2 -3:30 p.m. at the Indiana Government Center, 402 W. Washington St. in Conference Room 2.
The aging workforce is likely to result in increasing numbers of workers with disabilities. By the end of this year, this group will account for nearly half (44 percent) of the working age population (20-64), and the number of people with disabilities between the ages of 50 and 65 is predicted to double. Disability management and accommodation policies and practices readily lend themselves to addressing the challenges employers will face with an aging workforce, and the increasing prevalence of disability that these demographics bring.
Guest speaker, Susanne Bruyere, Director of the Employment and Disability Institute at Cornell University, will discuss the practices associated with maximizing the productivity of an aging workforce and contribute to aging worker retention.
The audio conference series is co-sponsored by ADA-Indiana, the Indiana Governor’s Council for People with Disabilities, and the DBTAC: Great Lakes ADA Center.
For more information or to request an accommodation, call Ric Edwards at (317) 232-4145, email redwards@dnr.in.gov or visit www.adaindiana.org.
