{"id":1115,"date":"2019-05-15T21:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T04:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-nz\/2019\/05\/15\/building-inclusive-workplace-together\/"},"modified":"2022-06-28T10:49:47","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T17:49:47","slug":"building-inclusive-workplace-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-nz\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2019\/05\/15\/building-inclusive-workplace-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Building the inclusive workplace we imagine, together"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today marks Global Accessibility Awareness Day<\/a>, one of the days we get to celebrate the progress our customers and partners have made to make their workplaces more inclusive, and then look ahead to what more we can do as a community to empower everyone in the workplace.<\/p>\n

We celebrate because our customers are empowering their employees both with the accessible technology built into Microsoft 365, and with the inclusive cultural practices that make people love coming to work. We are comparing notes and learning from them as we also build that same inclusive culture at Microsoft.<\/p>\n

Here in the U.K., we recently celebrated a milestone<\/a>\u2014a point on our journey\u2014with recognition from the U.K. Government as a Disability Confident Leader<\/a>. This status is awarded to organizations that commit to diversity and inclusion and encourage suppliers and vendors to do the same. Our team has worked tirelessly to put processes in place that can both create and sustain a diverse and inclusive culture; attracting and recruiting people with disabilities via our global Inclusive Hiring Program<\/a>; training managers to understand the needs of those with visible and non-visible disabilities; assessing people for roles more flexibly so those with disabilities have the best opportunity to show their skills; adjusting workplaces to include sign language interpreters, and ensuring all staff have access to disability equality awareness training.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead<\/h3>\n

We also look ahead to our big vision\u2014an accessible and inclusive workplace for everyone\u2014and what more we can do as a company and as a community to make it a reality. Today we\u2019re excited to announce that live captions and subtitles in PowerPoint<\/a> are rolling out now, and will soon be generally available to Microsoft 365 and Office 365 subscribers worldwide for Windows, Mac, and the web. We also look forward to the coming release of other new inclusive technologies built into Microsoft 365, like live captions and subtitles in Teams Meetings.<\/p>\n

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