National Employ the Handicapped WeekMAYORAL PROCLAMATION
WfiEREAS, disabled veterans and handicapped
employees have made important contributions to the
economic health of this nation, and
WHEREAS, enlightened employers recognize
that selectively placed disabled workers have fewer
disabling on-the-job injuries than the able-bodied,
and have job performance and attendance records as
good as or better than unimpaired workers, according
to studies conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor,
and
WHEREAS, Congress and the Executive Branch
have, by the passage of significant legislation for
disabled veterans and handicapped individuals in the
area of employment, expressed that qualified disabled
veterans and handicapped workers should be accorded
affirmative action in employment or advancement
therein, by U.S. Government agencies or departments,
federal contractors, and in programs implemented with
federal revenue sharing funds,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the week
of October 5 - 11, 1980 is hereby proclaimed as NATIONAL
EMPLOY THE HANDICAPPED WEEK, and all citizens are urged
to support programs to advance the cause of the handicapped,
particularly employers who are requested to give special
consideration to the employment and training of qualified
disabled veterans and handicapped workers.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and
caused the Seal of the City
of Clermont to be affixed
this 26th day of September, 1980.
Claude E. Smoak, J .
Mayor
ATTEST:
D.
Sandra O. Rozar
City Clerk