Webcast:
U.S. Census Bureau announcements released in 2007 put the number of people with disabilities at 51.2 million, or 18 percent of the population. Research shows that disabled workers stay longer. Advances in technology have made providing accommodations easier to implement and more cost-effective. In a rapidly-shrinking labor market, can your organization afford not to recruit candidates with disabilities?
CVS Caremark, the nation's largest retail pharmacy chain, made a commitment to hire candidates from every aspect of the communities they serve. As a result, CVS Caremark was a 2006 recipient of the Secretary of Labor's New Freedom Initiative Award for exemplary and innovative efforts in furthering the employment and workplace environment for people with disabilities. The company is a member of The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) Circle of Champions, a distinguished group of U.S. employers that works with the agency to help inform disability employment policy by sharing proven business strategies.
Presenters
Stephen M. Wing is Director Government Programs for CVS Corporation. He has been in the drug store business for over 32 years and has devoted the last seventeen to working with government agencies, non-traditional employment organizations and faith-based institutions in recruiting targeted groups of people for employment. Wing has assisted CVS in developing cutting-edge programs such as the One-Stop/CVS Regional Learning Center design in Washington, DC and the Cassadaga Job Corps Pharmacy Technician Program which have both received national attention. Under Wing's leadership CVS' Government Programs division has taken an active role in Welfare to Work and Faith-based Initiatives.Wing serves on the NCOA Leadership Council, the Columbia University School of Social Work Advisory Board, the Cuyahoga County/City of Cleveland Workforce Investment Board, and the University of Virginia Continuing Education Advisory Board. He is on the Board of Director for the Institute for Competitive Workforce and Corporate Voices for Working Families.
