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Janice
Curtis works at Bank of America and is a member of Virginia
Commonwealth's Business Roundtable. The Roundtable is a forum for
identifying and addressing factors that inhibit industries from employing
workers with disabilities.
Read below or view the video of Janice Curtis' response to the following
question asked during the first roundtable meeting, "What are some of
the benefits to Bank of America as they accommodate workers with
disabilities?"
Janice Curtis --
"One of the things that we've seen consistently at Bank of America over
the years that we've been accommodating people with disabilities is the
increased productivity level within the department when a person with a disability
comes into that area.
It's really hard for someone who has a hard time getting into work and to
work everyday and then to have a co-worker sit beside them and (the
co-worker) not be productive. So what we've found is that really increased
our production level. We've also noticed that with the setting aside of
money for managers to utilize when they come into the workplace for people
with accommodations and they don't have to make that come out of their
cost center, we've seen an increase in being able to employ people that
way."
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