Here’s a question that
used to be totally illegal for prospective employers to ask, unless it had a
specific bearing on the tasks an employee would be performing. It will soon
become mandatory. “Are you disabled?”
According to The Wall Street Journal, “U.S. regulations going into effect next week require for the first
time that federal contractors—a group that includes Boeing Dell and AT&T—among some 40,000
others—ask their employees if they have a disability. Those that don't employ a
minimum of 7% disabled workers, or can't prove they are taking steps to achieve
that goal, could face penalties and, in the most extreme cases, the loss of
their contracts, according to a government official. The target applies to
contractors with 50 or more employees or more than $50,000 in government work.”
The good news: if you have a documented disability, you
may become prime material on the job market, rather than someone struggling to
be perceived as a viable candidate for a job no matter how good your skills.
Thanks and a tip o’ the hat to Joyce Tesar!
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