The Administration of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act: Hearings Before a Subcommittee on [i.e. Of] the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, First Session, May 17 and 18, 1983U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983 - 762 pages |
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Page 169 - handicapped worker or client means ; "an individual whose earnings capacity is impaired by age or physical or mental deficiency or injury and who is being served in accordance with the recognized program of a sheltered workshop within the facilities of such agency or in or about his home.
Page 206 - individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age, or physical or mental deficiency or injury, under special certificates issued by the secretary, at such wages lower than the minimum wage applicable under section 6 and for such period as shall be fixed in such certificates.
Page 207 - shall by regulation or order provide for the employment under special certificates of individuals (including individuals employed in agriculture) whose earning or productive capacity is impaired by age or physical or mental deficiency or injury, at
Page 212 - (c) Except In cases of willfulness or those In which the public interest requires otherwise, before any special certificate shall be canceled, facts or conduct which may warrant such action shall be called to the attention of the sheltered workshop In writing and It shall be
Page 231 - is amended to read as follows: The Secretary of Labor, to the extent necessary in order to prevent curtailment of opportunities for employment, shall be regulation or order provide for the employment under special certificates of individuals (including individuals employed in agriculture) whose
Page 207 - which are lower than the minimum wage applicable under section 6 of this Act but not less than 50 per centum of such wage and which are commensurate with those paid nonhandicapped workers in industry in the vicinity for essentially the same type, quality, and quantity of work.
Page 231 - TESPA Final Report In 1981 the Office for the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation of the Department of Health and Human Services published a report entitled Training And Employment Services Policy Analysis (TESPA): Training and Employment
Page 236 - The Secretary of Labor, to the extent necessary in order to prevent curtailment of opportunities for employment, shall be regulation or order provide for the employment under special certificates of individuals (including individuals employed in agriculture) whose
Page 209 - earning capacity is impaired by age or physical or mental deficiency or injury, and who is being served In accordance with the recognized program of a sheltered workshop within the
Page 231 - regulation or order provide for the employment under special certificates of individuals (including individuals employed in agriculture) whose earnings or productive capacity is impaired by age or physical or mental deficiency or injury, at wages which are lower than the minimum wage applicable under section 6 of this act and which are commensurate with those paid non-handicapped workers in the industry in the vicinity for essentially the