Why has federal disability hiring declined?
January 18th, 2008
Among the theories advanced by Washington Post Federal Diary columnist Stephen Barr:
- Despite a 2003 management directive from the EEOC, 43 percent of federal agencies have not set hiring goals for people with disabilities;
- Bias or lack of training for managers;
- Increased use of contractors to fill jobs at lower pay grades;
- Reluctance of managers to use special hiring programs to recruit people with disabilities;
- “Misperception” by managers that people with severe disabilities aren’t likely to be among the best qualified applicants for professional jobs.
See earlier post.
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