DOL Launches Database of “Ready-for-Hire” Candidates with Disabilities

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy and the U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity recently launched the 2013 Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) database.

The database contains nearly 3,000 profiles of postsecondary students and recent graduates with disabilities, including veterans. According to a press release announcing the launch, the candidates have been interviewed and pre-screened by federal recruiters.

Private sector employers can access the WRP through ODEP’s national Employer Assistance and Resource Network’s website or by making a toll-free call to 855-275-3276.

Gail Cecchettini Whaley, CalChamber Employment Law Editor/Staff Counsel

California has pending regulations that discuss an employer’s obligations relating to recruiting disabled job applicants. To learn more about these pending regulations, and also about recently approved pregnancy disability regulations, sign up to attend CalChamber’s 90-minute live webinar on Tuesday, December 18.

Special guest presenter Ann M. Noel, Executive and Legal Secretary with the Fair Employment and Housing Commission, and CalChamber’s employment law experts will review disability discrimination regulations that are pending final approval.