Eligible Entity Employing the Severely Disabled

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Eligible Entity Employing the Severely Disabled [1]

A business entity operated on a for-profit or nonprofit basis that—

  • (a) Uses rehabilitative engineering to provide employment opportunities for severely disabled individuals and integrates severely disabled individuals into its workforce;
  • (b) Employs severely disabled individuals at a rate that averages not less than 20 percent of its total workforce;
  • (c) Employs each severely disabled individual in its workforce generally on the basis of 40 hours per week; and
  • (d) Pays not less than the minimum wage prescribed pursuant to section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 206) to those employees who are severely disabled individuals.

References and Notes

  1. FAR
  • Appendix I to 48 CFR Chapter 2 implements the Pilot Mentor-Protege Program (hereafter referred to as the “Program”) established under Section 831 of Pub. L. 101-510, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (10 U.S.C.

2302 note).