The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has published CWC’s Sample Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form in light of the rescission of the Section 503 requirements.
As of September 21, federal contractors subject to Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act no longer have an obligation to: (1) solicit disability status from applicants or employees; (2) prepare a disability utilization analysis; and (3) use applicant and hire data to assess disability outreach efforts.
Employers may still use post-offer disability invitations during the employee onboarding process to support equal employment opportunity programs and disability inclusion initiatives and to comply with federal, state, and local affirmative action requirements. CWC’s sample form is designed for this post-offer, pre-employment window.
Click here to read more from CWC. Employers should consider attending CWC’s upcoming Workplace Compliance Conference to learn more.