The
purpose of this legislation is to assist people with disabilities acquire
employment. A disabled person, and
person with a mobility impairment is defined in the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990. It is envisioned both
people with disabilities, and, more importantly persons with mobility
disabilities, like persons using wheelchairs, will be employed according to the
targeted figures below. For the purposes
of this legislation, a disabled person is defined using that definition as of
the date of the enactment of this legislation, found in the ADA of 1990. For the purposes of this legislation, Title 38, or any otherwise applicable US Code, of the Code of Federal Regulations defines a veteran as “a
person who served in the active military, naval, or air service and who
was discharged or released under conditions other than
dishonorable.” The term of this legislation is six years
from the date of enactment. These are minimum standards and targeted employment goals during the hiring process. Our honorable disabled veterans are included in these targeted goals. A
disabled veteran often meets the definition of both a disabled person,
with or without a mobility impairment, and concurrently a veteran.
While
legislation has been passed to ensure people with disabilities are not discriminated
against, the unfortunate reality is they are not making it into the workforce,
despite inherent protections. Hence, we
believe affirmative acts towards the employment of the disabled need to be
taken on a short term basis. It is hoped
identified employee candidates that have disabilities will be able to enter the
workforce through this legislation.
A State and Federal governmental unit is defined but not limited to a department, agency, program(s),
initiative(s), etc, wherein members of
the general public are employed. For
example, Wake County Government has several programs and departments, and one
may include the Department of Health and Human Services. Another example is similarly, North Carolina
Administrative Offices of the Courts is a state agency within the scope of this
targeted program.
This
is a public sector initiative. Hence,
governmental bodies are targeted with compliance with these affirmative steps
towards hiring the disabled; and, contractors with the public sector, entities that contract with the government on the state level, are to adopt this standard in their employment practices, while their contract is active. To that
end, the adopted targeted goals of employment according to the size of any
given governmental unit are herein specified.
No of Employees Per Government Unit
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Employee with Disability; and Disabled
Employee with a Mobility Impairment
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1 to 25
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1 Disabled Employee
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25 to 50
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1 Disabled Employee plus One Mobility
Impaired Disabled Employee
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51 to 75
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2 Disabled Employees plus at least one
of which has a Mobility Impairment
|
76 to 100
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3 Disabled Employees plus at least one
of which has a Mobility Impairment
|
100 to 150
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4 Disabled Employees plus at least one
of which has a Mobility Impairment
|
151 to 200
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5 Disabled Employees plus at least one
of which has a Mobility Impairment
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201 to 300
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6 Disabled Employees plus at least one
of which has a Mobility Impairment
|
301 to 400
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7 Disabled Employees plus at least one
of which has a Mobility Impairment
|
401 to 500
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7 Disabled Employees plus at least two
of which has a Mobility Impairment; of the minimum 9 disabled employees, at least one shall be a disabled veteran.
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501 to 1000
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At Least 2% of total employees must be
Disabled Employees and at least three of which must have a Mobility
Impairment; and at least two must be a disabled veteran, one with a mobility impairment and one may be without.
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1001 and over
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20 + (At Least 1 per 100 over 1000)
Disabled Employees and at least four of which has a Mobility Impairment; and at least three must be disabled veterans with or without a mobility impairment.
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