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Hiring Preference for People with Disabilities |
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Written by Institute Staff
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 |
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The Montgomery County, MD County Council has created a local government hiring preference for people with developmental, psychiatric, or severe physical disabilities.
The new law gives the same preference to people with disabilities as has been given to veterans, and creates a new classification that outranks them both for veterans with disabilities.
Research by the County Council staff found that Montana has similar statewide legislation, but did not identify any other local legislation that provides hiring preferences for people with disabilities.
The County government's Office of Legislative Oversight(OLO) released a report, "Hiring Persons with Disabilities: A Review of County Government Practices" in 2008.
"Since the 1980's, the County's Commission on People with Disabilities was advocating for greater employment of people with disabilities," said Kermit Mohn, who chaired the commission from 1991-94. "I am happy to see that in my lifetime, this hiring preference is one giant step forward in righting the past, and still current, very high unemployment rate of disabled vets and people with disabilities."
Read more about it at the Montgomery County website, at http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Apps/Council/PressRelease/PR_details.asp?PrID=6225 or in the Washington Post article of February 3, 2010 at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/02/AR2010020203572.html.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 16 February 2010 )
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January 20-21 Data Workgroup Meeting |
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Written by Brian DeAtley
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Thursday, 07 January 2010 |
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TheEmployment Data Workgroup met on January 20 to 21, 2010 in
Arlington,
TX.
The group was updated on work
since the August Employment Data Workgroup meeting, and was briefed on the recent
activity both with the NCWC and internal to
NISH. The meeting obtained CRP input on:
1. System Concept for the Employment Database, which will provide employment data at the individual
worker level, to track individuals and outcomes over time. The Draft phase I
system recently completed by NISH IT staff was presented.
2. Data Security: Review and craft
language for
NISH / Institute - CRP agreements
3. Marketing Strategy: Including
workgroup participation at annual conference and on-going NCWC outreach
4. CRP Collaboration: approaches to
further CRP participation and support
Documents presented at the meeting include:
Three of the above prsentations were originally in Microsoft Office 2007's PowerPoint format (.pptx):
Note: The Institute will cover reasonable
travel-related expenses for one person from your CRP to participate in this
meeting - two hotel nights, flight costs and ground transportation to and from
the airport, as well as any meals not provided during the 2 day meeting. Please
contact Brian DeAtley at
571-226-4523 by phone or
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for comprehensive
guidelines on travel reimbursements.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 25 January 2010 )
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Employer Payroll Incentive Project Update |
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Written by Brian DeAtley
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Tuesday, 19 January 2010 |
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 In June 2009, the Institute contracted with Mathematica Policy Research
to explore the use of an employer payroll tax credit to provide
employers with stronger incentives to hire people with disabilities.
Mathematica
developed a preliminary model of a budget-neutral employer payroll tax
credit, estimating the potential cost savings to the Federal government
of companies employing people with disabilities.
Features of the Employer Payroll Tax Incentive
Based on the findings of the preliminary model, the employer payroll tax incentive specified has the following features:
- Target population: Employed SSI and DI beneficiaries and former beneficiaries with earnings greater than $1000 per month.
- Tax
Credit: Employers with at least 1% of their employees meeting these
criteria will be eligible for a FICA credit for each employee in the
target population. The amount of the credit will vary based on whether
or not the employee is covered by a health insurance plan offered by
the employer.
- Limit: An employer's total aggregate tax credit may not exceed 7.65% of payroll (the employer's share of the FICA tax).
During
Phase 2, Mathematica will conduct field research to further refine the
model and develop approaches to policy intervention. In Phase 3, a
demonstration and evaluation of the tax incentive will be conducted,
with the goal of generating rigorous empirical evidence that a
well-designed, budget-neutral policy intervention could increase the
employment of people with disabilities.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 January 2010 )
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