Professionals sheltered employment centers. Overview and performance

Sheltered employment for persons with disabilities

S employment is expanding in many countries with various types of institutions offering an increasing number of positions to persons with disabilities who wish to work. The structures involved are also showing a growing desire for recognition as full participants in the economy and as employing higher professional standards. In fact, many providers of sheltered employment are now using manageme...

Pre-Employment Testing: An Overview

Employment Risk and Performance

This paper examines the relationship between employment risk and performance. To induce exogenous variation in employment risk, I randomize outside options for job seekers undergoing a real recruitment process. I do this by assigning job seekers a 0, 1, 5, 50, 75 or 100 percent chance of real alternative employment of the same duration and wage as the jobs for which they are applying. I find th...

Employment and the common cancers: overview.

Work-related cancers have been subject to extensive study in the occupational health literature. However, the majority of workers in the UK who develop a cancer and are seen by an occupational physician (OP) in clinical practice are likely to have non-work-related disease, which have been subject to significantly less scrutiny in relation to the impact of the diagnosis on work. This paper seeks...

Do sheltered workshops enhance employment outcomes for adults with autism spectrum disorder?

This study investigated whether sheltered workshops help prepare individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) for competitive employment within the community. Two groups of individuals were compared: (a) 215 supported employees who were in sheltered workshops prior to entering supported employment and (b) 215 supported employees who were not in sheltered workshops. Individuals from both grou...