Employer Resources


Inclusive Job Descriptions
Inclusive job descriptions consider all areas relevant to individuals and employers, serving as a valuable tool for recruitment, on-boarding and retaining valued workers.

Mental Health Resource Guide for Employers and Policymakers
This comprehensive guide compiles resources, information and tools aimed at fostering an inclusive workforce and supporting mental health initiatives in the workplace.

Employment/Return-to-Work Checklist
Employers can use this checklist to guide and outline the comprehensive return-to-work process, ensuring clear communication and consideration of all necessary factors.

Universal Design Checklist
This tool empowers employers to create a welcoming, safe and inclusive professional environment, fostering an atmosphere where all staff can thrive.

Inclusive Communication in the Workplace
Explore the impact of inclusive communication on workplace outcomes, positively influencing products, processes and services.

Ways Employers Can Help Workers with Disabilities Overcome Transportation Barriers
This resource provides options for employers to help their employees with disabilities continue to work when facing transportation barriers, connecting them to local resources.

Helping People with Mid-Career Injuries and Illnesses Remain in the Labor Force
No one wins when an employee with a disability must preemptively leave the workforce. Families, employers, and communities can all be negatively affected by a change in a member’s work status (Kosciulek, 2007). And, most directly, employees themselves can experience negative effects from leaving work, particularly when they do not receive important services that would help them to overcome limitations associated with their injuries and illnesses (Ben-Shalom, 2016).

Employer and Worker Services
Employers can recruit and retain workers beginning with the job posting with an inclusive job description.

Reasonable Accommodations
This resource provides a detailed guide to the legal and practical approaches to requesting and providing reasonable workplace accommodations.

Accessible Technology
This resource outlines how technology can be used to collaborate and work from anywhere.

A Trauma-Informed Approach to Workforce
This resource was created to help employers and workforce development organizations understand toxic stress and the effects of trauma on individuals in the workplace.

Stay at Work Kentucky YouTube Page
Employer Seminar Series recordings