Employee retention and integrated disability management practices as demand side factors.

Introduction: Demand-side employment research on company policies and practices related to retention and absence and disability management (ADM) can contribute to our understanding of employment issues related to people with disabilities from the employers' perspective.

Aim: To examine company ADM and retention practices and their effectiveness, as well as how these company policies and practices might influence hiring of people with disabilities.

Method: Disability Management Employer Coalition employer members (N = 650) were surveyed by internet and the survey data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation, and multiple regression.