Workforce
When businesses can find and retain the right people to innovate, compete, and grow—and when people have the skills and opportunities to put their talent to work—there’s no limit to what we can all achieve.
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A national crisis by the numbers
Data Center
Take a look behind the numbers at what is causing the worker shortage and learn which states and industries have been impacted the most.
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Supporting and Hiring Individuals with Disabilities
Benefits of Hiring Individuals with Disabilities and Neurodivergence
Despite ADA protections, federal tax incentives, and private sector opportunity programs, millions of individuals with disabilities looking for work remain unemployed.
Our Work
The U.S. Chamber believes we must quickly address a double-dose of workforce challenges. There are too many people without jobs and too many jobs without people. We are working to build a modern, adaptive workforce to meet the needs of today and to compete for the future. Through the America Works initiative, advocacy for effective education and training policy, the U.S. Chamber Foundation’s successful employer-led programs, and support for public-private partnerships, we create pathways for people and businesses alike to pursue their dreams and achieve their potential.
America Works Initiative
Helping your company and our country solve our workforce challenges.
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Expanding Opportunities for the Workforce of Tomorrow
Chamber OnDemand
Employers must adapt and government can pass commonsense immigration reform. Businesses and government can get workers off the sidelines by working together.
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Latest Content
Sep 29, 2022Increasing pay, offering childcare assistance, and having flexible scheduling are a few of the ways employers can recruit and retain employees—and boost financial wellness.
Sep 29, 2022As businesses continue to grapple with a national workforce shortage, a flawed government benefits framework is one of many factors keeping Americans on the sidelines of the labor force.
Sep 14, 2022My strategic communications and production company Change for Balance makes hiring people with disabilities a priority—and our sauce is championing disability.
Sep 14, 2022They constantly seek out ways to perform tasks others take for granted, and their outside-the-box style of thinking is essential to improving and elevating our work.
Sep 14, 2022Employees with disabilities should seek out a company who cares about culture and inclusion. It could make all the difference in having a successful career.
Sep 07, 2022The transportation, health care and social assistance, and accommodation and food sectors have had the highest numbers of job openings.
Sep 02, 2022Capturing the current state of the U.S. workforce.
Aug 25, 2022Businesses that make structural adaptations or other workplace accommodations for employees with disabilities may be eligible for certain tax incentives.