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'Workers With Disabilities: Talent for a Winning Team!' is 2007 National Disability Employment Awareness Month Theme
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| Copyright: | PR Newswire | | Source: | PR Newswire | | Wordcount: | 377 |
WASHINGTON, May 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Secretary of Labor
Elaine L. Chao today announced that "Workers with Disabilities: Talent for a
Winning Team!" will be the official 2007 theme for National Disability
Employment Awareness Month, which is observed in October nationwide.
"The 2007 'Talent for a Winning Team' theme captures the heart of the
president's New Freedom Initiative, which is that Americans with disabilities
are an underutilized reservoir of ambition, talent and skill ready to make
great contributions in the workplace," said Secretary Chao.
Each October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month by
congressional designation. The Labor Department's Office of Disability
Employment Policy (ODEP) leads the nation's activities and produces materials
to increase the public's awareness of the contributions and skills of American
workers with disabilities. Typically, private sector; federal, state and
local government; and advocacy organizations piggyback on the same theme to
plan events and programs that showcase the abilities of employees and job
candidates with disabilities.
"America's employers benefit when they provide opportunities for Americans
with disabilities to work," said Roy Grizzard, assistant secretary of labor
for ODEP. "A winning team will include people with disabilities."
ODEP is the nation's first assistant secretary-led office that
specifically addresses policies that impact the employment of people with
disabilities. For example, ODEP has developed methods for the 3,500 One-Stop
Career Centers nationwide to serve people with barriers to employment,
including individuals with disabilities. Also, collaborating with sister Labor
Department agencies -- the Employment and Training Administration and the
Civil Rights Center -- ODEP developed a disability checklist to assist with
implementation of Section 188 of the Workforce Investment Act at the local
level.
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understandable information on how to comply with its laws and regulations.
For more information, please visit http://www.dol.gov/compliance.
SOURCE U.S. Department of Labor
CONTACT: Richard Manning or Jennifer Kaplan, +1-202-693-4746, both of the U.S. Department of Labor
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