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Employment Incentives to Support “Employment Firstâ€

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  • Scott Spreat

    (Woods Service, Pennsylvania, USA)

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As the nation moves to implement the “Employment First†initiative for citizens who have intellectual disability, one must question whether there are sufficient numbers of community based jobs to support the needs of individuals who have intellectual disability. The Bureau of Labor Statistics [1] reports that employment rates for citizens with disabilities already lag almost 50% behind their colleagues without disability. The mere existence of the 12c regulation regarding payment of less than minimum wage attests to the fact that many individuals with disabilities cannot compete in the traditional employment marketplace. With U-6 employment running at 7.2% for October 2018 [2], the challenge of locating sufficient employment opportunities for persons with intellectual disability is daunting. One must ask why an employer would elect to hire an employee who is any less than fully capable of performing the job.

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  • Scott Spreat, 2018. "Employment Incentives to Support “Employment Firstâ€," Global Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 5(3), pages 63-64, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jgjidd:v:5:y:2018:i:3:p:63-64
    DOI: 10.19080/GJIDD.2018.05.555665
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