OFCCP Proposal Requires Contractors to Set Hiring Goal for Employing Disabled Workers

Bureau of National Affairs
Monday, December 12, 2011
from Human Resources Report

By Kevin P. McGowan

The Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has issued a proposed rule that would require federal contractors to set a hiring goal of having 7percent of their workforces be people with disabilities.

Published in the Dec. 9 Federal Register (76 Fed. Reg. 77,056), OFCCP's proposal would strengthen affirmative action requirements under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, which requires federal contractors and subcontractors to provide equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities.


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