Workplace accommodations during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review of the impacts and implications for people with disabilities.
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to widespread changes in the way people work. Some of these changes represent the same kinds of work modifications or adjustments that have often been requested as workplace accommodations, and which may improve labour market and employment outcomes for peop...
| Publicado en: | Work Vol. 74; no. 2; pp. 381 - 407 |
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| Formato: | research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2023
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