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Without limitations: When employees with disabilities become an organizational asset

Today is International Day for the Equal Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

We set out to find out what employers think about integrating people with disabilities into their organization and is there a difference between them and other employees?

The results are unequivocal: even what began as a kind of contribution to the community, has evolved into a situation where all parties benefit

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Thursday, 02 December 2021, 14:43 Updated: Friday, 03 December 2021, 09:47

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In honor of the day dedicated to integrating people with disabilities, we went out to hear some stories about such integration.

The conclusion is unequivocal: even a combination that began with the goal of doing a good deed, has over time become thoughtful and beneficial for the organization that has not allowed the disability from which the employee suffers to become a barrier to his employment.

Sometimes it requires special preparation, but when the human resources department is focused on the task, it turns out that not only the employee benefits.

We talked to organizations that have opened a door to absorb employees with disabilities, we heard about the processes of absorption, belief, accompaniment and outcome.

In most cases, it turns out, this is a win-win situation for everyone.

That is - not just a "contribution to the community" but a real profit for the employer organization, which usually benefits employees who are exceptionally motivated to prove and succeed.

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Final Placemat Tomer Arbel and Lee Ekron (Photo: PR)

Placements with a social message

A unique collaboration of JDC Israel Beyond Disabilities, College of Management with Aroma Israel: Placemats tell the story of people with disabilities.

At the JDC Israel Initiative Beyond Limitations (partnership of the Government of Israel, JDC Israel and the Ruderman Family Foundation and in collaboration with the Ted Arison Family Foundation), students from the Visual Communication Program in the Space College were exposed to stories and facts about the lives of people with disabilities. With original, social messages aimed at combating prejudice against people with disabilities.

The placemats will be printed in half a million copies and distributed at Aroma Israel branches starting from 07.11.21 for two weeks.

According to

Israel Beyond Disabilities: "We at JDC Israel Beyond Disabilities work to maximize the independent lives of people with disabilities and their full participation in the community. Changing positions".

According to

: "We collaborated with JDC Israel in a number of campaigns aimed at raising awareness and accepting people with disabilities in the community. "A natural and fast connection. From experience, I can say that the trinity of academia-social-industrial organization is a winning combination."

From

It was reported: "Aroma has chosen to focus on people with disabilities and work to promote and integrate them into Israeli society and has been working in this field for many years. We are happy to take part in a creative and important project, which raises awareness of the issue."

JDC Israel in collaboration with the College of Management and Aroma Israel - placements with a social message (Photo: PR)

"I was very excited when I found out I was accepted"

Gardennox, an autotech company from the city of Ramla, employs

who was born with a developmental intellectual disability,

through the Aleh Moriah Association

.

"I came to Gardennox for a job interview and as I was told I was accepted I was very excited."

"I'm happy to work for a high-tech company and I've been very connected to people," says Karin.

"Equality of opportunity is a value that we at Gardennox believe in and act on."

Says

, “Karin is a magic within our amazing human puzzle.

We at Gardennox are all happy that Karin has joined us and are proud of her quick and successful integration into the company. "

Karin Katorza, Gardennox (Photo: Aleh Moriah Association)

"Returning to the labor market restored my sense of independence"

Hani Karni Aish is a senior manager in the audit division at Deloitte and deals with ALS

(muscle degeneration). Hani is the first woman in the world to give birth to 2 children contrary to the doctors' recommendations and despite the environment's reservations about all the complexities and risks involved with ALS: "After the illness. Today, after 17 years of work, Deloitte has become a family and the mutual doubts have long since disappeared. I do not" take advantage "of my physical limitations and the firm does not treat me as limited, I am equal among equals and everyone benefits."

"When you get to know Hani personally and professionally, you go through a process together and it stands the test of any challenge or difficulty," says

Hani is determined, motivated and stubborn and as such she has decided that the physical limitations of her illness will not prevent her from being a professional accountant and an amazing mother.

As a department manager who has people from different backgrounds, different religions and also physical disabilities, I learned that a diverse work environment creates professional fertilization, creativity and an extraordinary connection between everyone that stems from the very differentness of the people who make up the team.

The contribution to the team and the organization is a win-win, certainly when you get to know inspiring people like Hani. "

Hani Karni Aish, Deloitte (Photo: Deloitte)

"I'm excited to connect every morning with amazing people who accept and contain me"

The creative and technology company Artlist, which provides content creators around the world with close to a million digital media with a unique license and video and image editing software, employs more than 250 people in Israel (Tel Aviv, Afikim and Raanana) and in England. One of the values ​​leading the company is diversity, as diverse human capital is the key to a productive, creative work environment and perspectives that promote new thinking.

One of the company's employees is

who suffers from stuttering: "When I was two years old, my parents noticed that I had a speech problem, which got worse as I got older and as I, and the environment, attached more awareness and importance to it. "Behind the scenes," in a way that gave me both confidence and the ability to express myself without facing the challenge of speaking. "

"When friends told me about Artlist, I knew it was just the place for me. It's a company that combines all my interests in one place, and would allow me to continue to study and develop in the field. .

"today, social integration Artlist significant development not only in terms of my professional and personal, but also the social aspect and my desire to continue to raise awareness that people who stutter do not differ in their abilities than anyone else.

Artlist is a second home for me, I am excited every morning to reach a place where there are amazing people who accept and contain me as I am, and give me the opportunity to express my professional and interpersonal skills in the best way. "As part of my ongoing activity to raise awareness of stuttering and show that there is nothing we can not do, even within the company they considered it important and I gave lectures to employees on the subject," Suissa concludes with satisfaction.

"Artlist encourages and strives for diversity in the work environment and human capital." Says

. the workers are.

human capital Bartlist is what distinguishes and strengthens us as a company, and we make sure to give each one a work environment that enables personal development, professional and social. Chen is a wonderful example of the diversity Bartlist, we are happy and proud for being part of society, and its contribution to professional and personal strengthening The values ​​of the company, and who we are, and in the enrichment of the employees. "

Chen Suissa, Artist (Photo: Artist)

"The integration of people with disabilities into the labor market is the basis for social equality"

This week, the information security company Improva conducted a training for the human resources team regarding the employment of employees with disabilities. Representatives from the Equal Employment Association, a government placement company specializing in assistance and integration programs for people with disabilities in the entire industry and high-tech in particular, gave the HR team a start-up meeting in order to employ workers with disabilities in Impreva, with hundreds of workers in Israel and Tel Aviv.

Impreba says that they have received answers to a lot of questions in the field, and especially came out with the following steps to make these important moves.

: "On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, it is important to note that the integration of people with disabilities into the labor market is the basis for social equality. "Beyond that, these are excellent employees with high motivation, and therefore we are excited about the next steps to make moves that promote diverse employment at Impreva."

Einat Lem Livnat, VP of Human Resources at Imperva (Photo: Imperva)

"The department accepts me with love and inclusion and no longer sees my disability"

Not only in high-tech, but also at Bar Ilan University, there are about 16 employees with disabilities. This is part of an ongoing project with the Alut Association. In addition to employing employees with disabilities at the university itself, there are study frameworks in collaboration with ACIM, as well as a "strengths" project in which undergraduate students with intellectual disabilities study.

"The university accepts me with understanding, and assists me in all aspects of accessibility and comfort in the workplace," says

, secretary of the Department of Social Work who has arthrogryposis, a joint problem. "The Department of Social Work, where I have been working for 30 years, accepts me with love and inclusion, so much so that my disabilities are no longer seen."

"Bar-Ilan University has set itself the goal of influencing society." Says

"The employees come from the Alut organization to a day center at our university, where some of the time they receive training in various daily topics, rules of conduct, interpersonal relationships, and gymnastics.

In the second part of the activity, they are integrated into the organization's work system, various administrative jobs, human resources, finances, post office, academic secretary and more, and are accompanied by instructors from the association.

We appreciate the cooperation with Alut.

Sylvie Lavie, Secretary of the Department of Social Work who has arthrogryposis (Photo: Private Photo)

How to succeed in absorbing employees with disabilities

Ofer Cohen, CEO of the "Everything is Good" group offers us tips: How to succeed in absorbing employees with disabilities successfully in the organization.

Do not confuse making adjustments with concessions on essential abilities. this capability sale / organized / technical knowledge / abilities Fiziot- this ability you have to look for every working draft. employees with disabilities do not need to make concessions, but a suitable job qualifications.

precisely the insistence on the first section should allow you to identify Where can you make adjustments - for example, invest more in overlapping an employee with a particular cognitive difficulty, give up a non-essential job requirement that the candidate will have difficulty performing due to a physical limitation and allow short breaks for an employee with difficulty concentrating over time

This is a match that many of our service recipients are looking for.

Each flexibility can help — six-hour shifts instead of eight, four working days instead of five, and so on.

A person who has not worked for five years due to a personal crisis sometimes needs an initial period in a part-time job.

: A phenomenon we occasionally encounter is the employers 'I do not like to tell him'.

Managers who feel uncomfortable commenting to an employee with a disability and consistently avoid it - do not allow him to improve and become an efficient and better employee.

Ofer Cohen, CEO of the Shkolu Group (Photo: Shkolu Tov)

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