Penn Emblem Co., Philadelphia, recently announced a new partnership with James Emmett & Company.
James Emmett & Company is a team of disability consultants supporting companies in launching relationships with local disability employment vendors and helping build the internal capacity to recruit, hire, train and retain employees with disabilities.
In 2019, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, the United States employed roughly 19.3% of people with disabilities. However, while that number may seem higher than expected, it is small in comparison to the nearly 67% of people without disabilities employed in the country, according to the department.
Using leading corporate development models to increase companies’ bottom lines, James Emmett and his team work tirelessly to instill the proper mindset amongst current employees as well as staffing qualified workers who are safe, productive, loyal and who have a lower turnover rate, according to the company.
Company founder and CEO, James Emmett, lives with a disability himself as well as having disabled children. He has made it his life’s mission to make sure that his children have a fair chance at life’s opportunities, as well as others struggling with their own handicaps.
“It is not enough for us to simply say that we are open to hiring people with disabilities,” says, Randi Blumenthal, Penn Emblem president. “We must walk the walk too. These people are intelligent, experienced, and eager to do a good job, just like anybody else.” — D.S.
