Legal Ease - New Labor Department Rules Could Impose Disabled Worker Quotas on Federal Contractors

摘要

Companies with federal government contracts or subcontracts may soon risk losing their contracts if they do not meet quotas to hire more disabled workers. The U.S. Department of Labor is considering changes to Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 that would require private employers with federal government contracts and subcontracts to set a hiring goal that seven percent of their employees are qualified workers with disabilities.