The Labor Department Wants To Force Contractors To Hire More People With Disabilities

A proposed rule would require 7 percent of companies' workforces to be made up of the disabled. The rule is published in today's Federal Register. You have 60 days to comment. The rule would also apply to subcontractors. And it would impose a new reporting requirements on companies to prove they are meeting the requirement. Until now, companies only had to make good faith efforts at hiring the disabled.