Stronger Federal Efforts Needed for Providing Employment Opportunities and Enforcing Labor Standards in Sheltered Workshops

摘要

Certain of the Fair Labor Standards Act's provisions for handicapped workers in sheltered workshops create an unnecessary administrative burden for the Department of Labor and sheltered workshops. Labor needs to strengthen its enforcement of other Fair Labor Standards Act provisions for handicapped workers employed in sheltered workshops. Also, improved procedures are needed under a federally sponsored procurement program for increasing employment opportunities for the handicapped in sheltered workshops. Specifically, better procedures are needed for (1) evaluating employment opportunities created by the program; (2) notifying affected parties of proposed actions; and (3) monitoring workshops' compliance with eligibility requirements.