Guide to Employing Handicapped Persons in the Transit Industry. Joint Transit Industry Training Project for Employment of the Handicapped

摘要

This document has been developed as a management training tool for use by mass transit operators who are concerned with improving their employment practices and policies affecting handicapped persons. The Guide is disseminated as an Interim Report for the Joint Transit Industry Training Project for the Employment of the Handicapped. This document is an attempt to address the practical issues confronted by transit systems in their efforts to hire and place handicapped persons in their workforce. It discusses employment policies and practices which may hinder the selection and placement of handicapped persons. It also presents suggestions on effective methods of hiring and reinstating disabled workers in the mass transportation industry.