A conversation with Kathleen Martinez

Cornell University's Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) School will be holding a free webcast featuring Kathleen Martinez, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment Policy on October 12, 2011 from 12 - 1 p.m. Eastern Time.

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and this event will cover disability employment topics, including why employing people with disabilities is important to U.S. business and the economy, the president's initiative to increase employment of people with disabilities in the federal sector, and what organizations can do to support and hire people with disabilities.