IMS Publishes Ebook on Disability in Workplace

IMS (Inspiring More Sustainability) Luxembourg has announced the publication of its "(Handi)Cap’Emploi" ebook, which provides advice and good practices on the theme of disability in the workplace.

Ten companies and two associations joined forces to discuss their experiences and challenges regarding the inclusion of people with disabilities within an organisation. The (Handi)Cap’Emploi ebook is the result of these fruitful exchanges and offers ideas and solutions to employers wishing to advance the inclusion of people with disabilities in the labour market.

(Handi)Cap’Emploi is a project co-financed by the European Social Fund (ESF), which aims to raise awareness at a national level among economic actors on the subject of disability. It thus aims to contribute to the modernisation of the world of work and civil society in general.

Based on the observation that employers often lack information concerning the inclusion of employees with disabilities, but that signatories of the Diversity Charter show an interest in recruiting such profiles, IMS asked voluntary organisations to look into the subject by continuing the (Handi)Cap Emploi project, initiated in 2015.

In collaboration with the Ministry of Labour, Employment and the Social and Solidarity Economy and the Ministry of the Family, Integration and the Greater Region, the project brought together the following organisations in an inter-company working group: ALD Automotive, BEI, BIL, CGI, Deloitte, Hogan Lovells, Post, Sodexo, Ville de Luxembourg, Ville de Differdange, Info-Handicap, and Coopérations.

The project included eight workshops in one year, during which the participating organisations reflected on an inclusive vision of disability in the workplace. They discussed the challenges that may be associated with it and each positioned itself on one or more themes: sourcing, the role of management and the work team, job retention and return to work, as well as performance and productivity.

For the project, the organisations shared their own good practices and reflected on ways forward. They also chose a project to test internally, setting up project sheets.

The results of this working group can be found in the ebook (Handi)Cap’Emploi, which has been published on the IMS website: https://chartediversite.lu/fr/projects/handicap-emploi.