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Among college graduates (including Ph.D holders) with disabilities, only one in five is employed. WorkAbility, a program offered by Berkeley’s Disabled Students Program, helps students with disabilities make inroads into the world of work, through internships related to their career interests.
Tag: employment
Voluntary reduction-in-time program launched for staff
June 28, 2011:
The university has implemented the Employee-Initiated Reduction in Time Program to enable eligible career staff (except Senior Management Group members) to voluntarily reduce their working time and corresponding pay.
Researchers examine California public, private workers’ pay, total compensation
October 18, 2010:
California taxpayers are not overpaying or overcompensating their state and local workers compared to private sector employers, according to a policy brief released Oct. 18 by the Center on Wages and Employment Dynamics at UC Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. Wages earned by California’s public employees are about 7 percent lower, on average, than those received by comparable private sector workers, according to the report. However, the researchers concluded that when taking into account the more generous benefits of government employees, there is no significant difference in the level of total compensation between the two sectors.
