Myths & Facts About Workers with Disabilities
Myth: Hiring people with disabilities increases workers compensation insurance rates.Fact: Insurance rates are based solely on the relative hazards of the operation and the organization's accident experience.
Myth: Employees with disabilities have a higher absentee rate than employees without disabilities.
Fact: Studies by firms such as DuPont show that there is virtually no difference in the absentee rate.
Myth: Considerable expense is necessary to accommodate workers with disabilities.
Fact: Most workers with disabilities require no special accommodations and the cost for those who do is minimal, or much lower than many employers believe.
Studies by the President's Committee Job Accommodation Network have shown that:
- 15% of accommodations cost nothing,
- 51% cost between $1 and $500,
- 12% cost between $501 and $1000
- 22% cost more than $1000
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