Public Meeting Notice  Disability Employment Subcommittee Meeting

This is a meeting of the Disability Employment Subcommittee of the permanent Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities. This subcommittee will collect data and analyze initiatives that increase employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities in private employment and in state government.
 

Agenda:

1. Welcome, Roll Call, and Introductions
2. Discussion of Subcommittee Goals
3. Inspirational Quote to Inspire our Work
   1. “As a progressive pioneer, MA ushered in universal healthcare and marriage equality to our country. I hope it can also offer more equitable work/wage options and protections for those of us with a disability.”- taken from the Workability subcommittee report published December 2020.
4. Recap of last subcommittee meeting
   1. Discussion of WorkAbility Report https://www.scribd.com/document/489664834/WorkAbility-Final-Report
5. Identify potential buckets of work for subcommittee
6. Adjournment

Meeting information:

-        Meeting will be held virtually via Zoom and livestreamed for the public at https://malegislature.gov/Commissions/Detail/567/Hearings

-        CART service will be available embedded in Zoom with captions and through a separate URL: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=StatehouseADA

-        Unfortunately, we are unable to provide ASL interpreters for this meeting.

-        For accessibility requests and other questions, contact Collin Fedor in Representative Denise Garlick’s office at Collin.Fedor@mahouse.gov.

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