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This video,put out by the Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration,highlights the Disability Program Navigator (DPN) Initiative,through which the workforce system is collaborating with a wide range of partners to help people with disabilities,including disabled veterans,obtain meaningful and effective employment opportunities. The video highlights a case study of a [...]  Title IV addresses telephone and television access for people with hearing and speech disabilities. It requires common carriers (telephone companies) to establish interstate and intrastate telecommunications relay services (TRS) 24 hours a day,7 days a week. TRS enables callers with hearing and speech disabilities who use telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDDs),which are [...] Title III covers businesses and nonprofit service providers that are public accommodations,privately operated entities offering certain types of courses and examinations,privately operated transportation,and commercial facilities. Public accommodations are private entities who own,lease,lease to,or operate facilities such as restaurants,retail stores,hotels,movie theaters,private schools,convention centers,doctors’offices,[...] The transportation provisions of Title II cover public transportation services,such as city buses and public rail transit (e.g. subways,commuter rails,Amtrak). Public transportation authorities may not discriminate against people with disabilities in the provision of their services. They must comply with requirements for accessibility in newly purchased vehicles,make good faith efforts to [...] Title I requires employers with 15 or more employees to provide qualified individuals with disabilities an equal opportunity to benefit from the full range of employment-related opportunities available to others. For example,it prohibits discrimination in recruitment,hiring,promotions,training,pay,social activities,and other privileges of employment. It restricts questions that can be asked [...] The ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in employment,State and local government,public accommodations,commercial facilities,transportation,and telecommunications. It also applies to the United States Congress. To be protected by the ADA,one must have a disability or have a relationship or association with an individual with a disability. An individual [...] A group advocating the rights of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are on the Hill this week to press lawmakers on issues ranging from disability care to high rates of unemployment. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America,the largest organization for veterans of the wars,will host a series of events as a part [...] On January 21,2010 in the Cannon House Office Building the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs held a hearing entitled “Transitioning Heroes:New Era,Same Problems?” to address the efforts that the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are making to assist service members [...] The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is the primary law from which the federal job training and employment program for adults with disabilities was established. With nearly two-thirds of adults with disabilities who want to work unemployed,job training is essential for the millions of Americans with disabilities who want to work. In 1998,with the [...] The U.S. Senate Committee on Health,Education,Labor &Pensions is to hold a full committee hearing on February 11 22,2010 at 10:00 a.m. in the Dirksen Senate Office Building (SD-430) entitled “A Stronger Workforce Investment System for a Stronger Economy.”(Due to inclement weather,the hearing has been rescheduled to February 22,2010) [...] | ||||||
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