[nfb-talk] Most federal agencies are losing more employees withsevere di...
Mike Freeman
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Sun Jan 20 11:42:01 CST 2008
Dream on!
----- Original Message -----
From: HackneyCharles at aol.com
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Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Most federal agencies are losing more
employees withsevere di...
I commend the work of the EEOC, but it has admittedly been
ineffective over
the past twenty years regarding the employment of disabled persons in
the
federal government. While the LEAD initiative sounds good, it has no
teeth.
The notion that SUGGESTING and ENCOURAGING HR managers to hire
disabled
individuals is absurd. The EEOC directive that went into effect in
2003 is largely
being ignored. The managers that are not in compliance should be
terminated! Every government worker, be it state or federal, works
for us, the
citizens of the state and of the USA. If they can't or won't do
their job, then, oh
well, "You're fired!" That is how it works in the private sector.
Too many
people in government have gotten too big for their britches, and it's
time
we sent them to the wood shed.
Charles Hackney
In a message dated 1/17/2008 7:34:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
dandrews at visi.com writes:
> From the Washington Post:
>
>
>Links to this article
>
>
>By
>
>
>Stephen Barr
>
>
>Thursday, January 17, 2008; Page D04
>
>
>Most federal agencies are losing more employees with severe
>disabilities
>than they are hiring, and the
>
>
>Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
>
>
>wants to get the government back on path as a model employer.
>
>
>An EEOC management directive, which went into effect in October
>2003,
>requires federal agencies with more than 1,000 employees to
>recruit
>disabled individuals
>
>
>and set hiring goals, but 43 percent of federal agencies have not
>established such goals, the EEOC said in a report released Tuesday.
>
>
>
>"This may account for why little progress is being realized," the
>report
>said.
>
>
>In fiscal 2006, the government had about 2.6 million permanent and
>temporary workers, and 24,442 were deaf, blind, mentally retarded
>or had
>other serious
>
>
>disabilities.
>
>
>That year, the severely disabled represented 0.94 percent of the
>government's workforce, the lowest rate in 20 years, according to
>the
>report.
>
>
>Even the overall growth in government employment did not help the
>recruitment and retention of disabled employees. The government's
>workforce grew by 135,732
>
>
>between fiscal 1997 and 2006, a 5.48 percent increase, while the
>number
>of employees with severe disabilities decreased by 4,229 during, a
>loss
>of 14.75
>
>
>percent.
>
>
>The report found essentially the same pattern when temporary
>employees
>were excluded from the data. In fiscal 2006, the severely disabled
>represented 0.97
>
>
>percent of the full-time, permanent government workforce, also a
>20-year
>low.
>
>
>The report suggests that bias or lack of training for managers is
>one
>explanation for the reduction of disabled employees. "Within the
>federal
>government,
>
>
>unfounded fears, myths and stereotypes persist regarding the
>employment
>of people with disabilities," the report said. "These beliefs may
>unlawfully influence
>
>
>some employment decisions."
>
>
>The 1973 Rehabilitation Act banned discrimination against disabled
>people in federal hiring and required agencies to develop plans to
>hire
>and promote disabled
>
>
>workers. It also required agencies to provide "reasonable
>accommodations," such as modified work schedules, special computers
>and
>other equipment.
>
>
>But at the largest departments the number of permanent government
>employees with severe disabilities has dropped over the past two
>decades. Only the Treasury
>
>
>and Labor departments have increased the percentage of severely
>disabled
>in their workforces, the report said.
>
>
>There appears to be no single reason for the decline, but the EEOC
>report suggests several possible reasons in addition to issues of
>bias.
>They include
>
>
>the increase in contractors to fill jobs at lower pay grades, the
>reluctance of managers to use special hiring programs to recruit
>the
>disabled, and "the
>
>
>misperception of managers" that the severely disabled are not
>likely to
>be the best qualified applicants for professional jobs in their
>agencies.
>
>
>Last year, at the urging of Commissioner Christine M. Griffin, the
>EEOC
>launched the Leadership for the Employment of Americans With
>Disabilities Initiative.
>
>
>Through LEAD, the EEOC has encouraged agency leaders, personnel
>and
>hiring officials and others to recruit more individuals with
>serious
>disabilities.
>
>
>The Navy and the
>
>
>Federal Aviation Administration
>
>
>have stepped up efforts to recruit disabled employees under LEAD,
>an
>EEOC official said, but the report says the overall decline will
>not be
>reversed until
>
>
>all agencies pay more attention to the issue.
>
>
>"Very few agencies are actually setting hiring goals or making
>concrete
>plans to meet those goals. This must change," Griffin said in a
>statement.
>
>
>The EEOC report recommends that agencies establish numerical
>hiring
>goals for the disabled, provide mandatory training on disabilities
>for management officials
>
>and develop procedures to verify that hiring goals are met.
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Re: [nfb-talk] Most federal agencies are losing more employees withsevere di...
I commend the work of the EEOC, but it has admittedly been ineffective over
the past twenty years regarding the employment of disabled persons in the
federal government. While the LEAD initiative sounds good, it has no teeth.
The notion that SUGGESTING and ENCOURAGING HR managers to hire disabled
individuals is absurd. The EEOC directive that went into effect in 2003 is largely
being ignored. The managers that are not in compliance should be
terminated! Every government worker, be it state or federal, works for us, the
citizens of the state and of the USA. If they can't or won't do their job, then, oh
well, "You're fired!" That is how it works in the private sector. Too many
people in government have gotten too big for their britches, and it's time
we sent them to the wood shed.
Charles Hackney
In a message dated 1/17/2008 7:34:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
mailto:dandrews at visi.com dandrews at visi.com
writes:
> From the Washington Post:
>
>
>Links to this article
>
>
>By
>
>
>Stephen Barr
>
>
>Thursday, January 17, 2008; Page D04
>
>
>Most federal agencies are losing more employees with severe
>disabilities
>than they are hiring, and the
>
>
>Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
>
>
>wants to get the government back on path as a model employer.
>
>
>An EEOC management directive, which went into effect in October
>2003,
>requires federal agencies with more than 1,000 employees to
>recruit
>disabled individuals
>
>
>and set hiring goals, but 43 percent of federal agencies have not
>established such goals, the EEOC said in a report released Tuesday.
>
>
>
>"This may account for why little progress is being realized," the
>report
>said.
>
>
>In fiscal 2006, the government had about 2.6 million permanent and
>temporary workers, and 24,442 were deaf, blind, mentally retarded
>or had
>other serious
>
>
>disabilities.
>
>
>That year, the severely disabled represented 0.94 percent of the
>government's workforce, the lowest rate in 20 years, according to
>the
>report.
>
>
>Even the overall growth in government employment did not help the
>recruitment and retention of disabled employees. The government's
>workforce grew by 135,732
>
>
>between fiscal 1997 and 2006, a 5.48 percent increase, while the
>number
>of employees with severe disabilities decreased by 4,229 during, a
>loss
>of 14.75
>
>
>percent.
>
>
>The report found essentially the same pattern when temporary
>employees
>were excluded from the data. In fiscal 2006, the severely disabled
>represented 0.97
>
>
>percent of the full-time, permanent government workforce, also a
>20-year
>low.
>
>
>The report suggests that bias or lack of training for managers is
>one
>explanation for the reduction of disabled employees. "Within the
>federal
>government,
>
>
>unfounded fears, myths and stereotypes persist regarding the
>employment
>of people with disabilities," the report said. "These beliefs may
>unlawfully influence
>
>
>some employment decisions."
>
>
>The 1973 Rehabilitation Act banned discrimination against disabled
>people in federal hiring and required agencies to develop plans to
>hire
>and promote disabled
>
>
>workers. It also required agencies to provide "reasonable
>accommodations," such as modified work schedules, special computers
>and
>other equipment.
>
>
>But at the largest departments the number of permanent government
>employees with severe disabilities has dropped over the past two
>decades. Only the Treasury
>
>
>and Labor departments have increased the percentage of severely
>disabled
>in their workforces, the report said.
>
>
>There appears to be no single reason for the decline, but the EEOC
>report suggests several possible reasons in addition to issues of
>bias.
>They include
>
>
>the increase in contractors to fill jobs at lower pay grades, the
>reluctance of managers to use special hiring programs to recruit
>the
>disabled, and "the
>
>
>misperception of managers" that the severely disabled are not
>likely to
>be the best qualified applicants for professional jobs in their
>agencies.
>
>
>Last year, at the urging of Commissioner Christine M. Griffin, the
>EEOC
>launched the Leadership for the Employment of Americans With
>Disabilities Initiative.
>
>
>Through LEAD, the EEOC has encouraged agency leaders, personnel
>and
>hiring officials and others to recruit more individuals with
>serious
>disabilities.
>
>
>The Navy and the
>
>
>Federal Aviation Administration
>
>
>have stepped up efforts to recruit disabled employees under LEAD,
>an
>EEOC official said, but the report says the overall decline will
>not be
>reversed until
>
>
>all agencies pay more attention to the issue.
>
>
>"Very few agencies are actually setting hiring goals or making
>concrete
>plans to meet those goals. This must change," Griffin said in a
>statement.
>
>
>The EEOC report recommends that agencies establish numerical
>hiring
>goals for the disabled, provide mandatory training on disabilities
>for management officials
>
>and develop procedures to verify that hiring goals are met.
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