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United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Consideration of Vocational Factors Rule (20 CFR Parts 404 and 416)

Adoption: 1990-08-23 | Date of entry into force: 1990-03-26 | USA-1990-R-20474

Regulations clarifying implementation of the Social Security Act and their legislative history relating to disability determinations.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income; Mental Disorders in Children Rule (20 CFR Parts 404 and 416)

Adoption: 1990-08-09 | Date of entry into force: 1990-12-12 | USA-1990-R-22432

Amendments revising the criteria used to evaluate mental disorders in children under the age of 18 for the disability programs in titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act, conforming with the Supreme Court's decision of February 20, 1990, in Sullivan v. Zelbey et al.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities; Demonstration and Innovation Projects of National Significance Rule (34 CFR Part 346)

Adoption: 1990-07-27 | USA-1990-R-20945

Regulations implementing Title II, Part D, of the Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-407), to state the purposes of the Program bearing the same title, the types of activities eligible for support, Program priorities to be set by the Secretary, application requirements, selection criteria for applications and requirements to be met by the recipients of awards under the Program.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Act to Establish a Clear and Comprenhensive Prohibition of Discrimination on the Basis of Disability. Public Law 101-336 (S.933).

Adoption: 1990-07-26 | Date of entry into force: 1990-07-27 | USA-1990-L-21141

Provides that employers with 15 or more employees are prohibited from discriminating against a qualified disabled person in matters relating to hire or discharge or any other condition of employment. The Act also prohibits discrimination against disabled persons in the provision of public services by governmental entities or the provision of public accomodations by private entities. Special provisions are made to assist hearing-impaired individuals in the field of telecommunications.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind and Disabled; Payment of Benefits, Overpayments and Underpayments-Overpayment Defined Rule (20 CFR Part 416)

Adoption: 1990-03-27 | Date of entry into force: 1990-08-17 | USA-1990-R-20948

Implements section 2612 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-369), which amended section 1631(b)(1) of the Social security Act, by setting a limit on adjustment or recovery of a Supplemental security Income and/or federally administered State supplementary overpayment that the secretary (Social security Administration) may require.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance; Employment, Wages, Self-Employment, and Self-Employment Income Rule (20 CFR Part 404)

Adoption: 1990-02-28 | Date of entry into force: 1990-03-01 | USA-1990-R-20540

Amends several rules in Subpart K - Employment, Wages, Self-Employment, and Self-Employment Income of Part 404 or the Social Security Administration's Regulations, in order to delete provisions no longer in effect, to reflect statutory changes and changes in policy, and to make certain clarifications.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income for Aged, Blind and Disabled; Recovery of Overpayments and Other Technical Changes Rule (20 CFR Parts 404 and 416)

Adoption: 1990-01-16 | Date of entry into force: 1990-03-01 | USA-1990-R-20541

Technical amendments concerning supplemental security income benefit payment made as a direct deposit to joint accounts.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Equal Opportunity for Individuals with Disabilities (42 U.S.C., Chapter 126, secs. 12101-12213). (Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990) -

Adoption: 1990 | Date of entry into force: 1990-07-26 | USA-1990-L-31145

Provides, inter alia, for non-discrimination against a qualified individual with a disability because of the disability of such individual in regard to job application procedures, the hiring, advancement, or discharge of employees, employee compensation, job training, and other terms, conditions and privileges of employment.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Determining Disability and Blindness; Substantial Gainful Activity Rule (20 CFR Parts 404 and 416)

Adoption: 1989-12-04 | Date of entry into force: 1990-01-01 | USA-1989-R-9231

Raises, inter alia, from $300 to $500 the average monthly earnings guidelines used to determine whether persons with impairments other than blindness are able to undertake substantial gainful activity for purposes of Social Security disability benefits provided under title II of the Social Security Act.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind and Disabled; Presumptive Disability and Presumptive Blindness; Categories of Impairments-AIDS Extension Date Rule (20 CFR Part 416)

Adoption: 1989-11-30 | USA-1989-R-9232

Rules concerning payment of benefit to persons applying for supplemental security income benefits on the basis of disability or blindness before making a formal determination when available information indicates a high probability that disability exists.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Federal Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (1950); Determining Disability and Blindness; Extension of Expiration Date for Cardiovascular System Listing Rule (20 CFR Part 404)

Adoption: 1989-11-17 | Date of entry into force: 1989-12-05 | USA-1989-R-9123

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled; Real Property Which Is Not Counted When It Cannot Be Sold and Transfer of Assets for Less Than Fair Market Value Rule (20 CFR Part 416)

Adoption: 1989-11-07 | Date of entry into force: 1990-03-21 | USA-1989-R-20698

Regulations intended to liberalise policies relating to Supplemental Security Income benefits by not requiring the sale or transfer of real property under certain conditions.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled Rule (20 CFR Part 416)

Adoption: 1989-10-31 | Date of entry into force: 1990-02-08 | USA-1989-R-20482

Amendment increasing the maximum emergency advance payment that can be paid to an individual presumptively eligible for supplemental security income.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Determining Entitlement Usage Under the Vocational Rehabilitation Program Rule (38 CFR Part 21)

Adoption: 1989-10-23 | Date of entry into force: 1989-12-18 | USA-1989-R-8962

Facilitates the determination of entitlement usage under the vocational rehabilitation program.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Veterans' Employment and Training Services: Addition of Chapter and Redesignation of Regulations Rule (20 CFR Parts 626, 635, 636, 652, 653, 1001 and 1005)

Adoption: 1989-09-18 | Date of entry into force: 1989-10-26 | USA-1989-R-8680

Adds a new Chapter IX to 20 CFR to consolidate regulations on the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training in the Department of Labor.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance; Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled; Decisions by Administrative Law Judges in Cases Remanded by the Courts Rule (20 CFR Parts 404 and 416)

Adoption: 1989-09-13 | USA-1989-R-9168

Under these final Regulations, decisions of Administrative Law Judges fully or partially favourable to the party that are not reviewed by the Appeals Council on its own initiative will be effectuated on a more timely basis.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Job Training Partnership Act: Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act; Employment and Training Services to Dislocated Workers Rule (20 CFR Parts 626 to 631)

Adoption: 1989-09-13 | Date of entry into force: 1989-10-23 | USA-1989-R-9421

Implements provisions of amendments to portions of the Job Training Partnership Act (LS 1982-USA 1) in relation to programmes of employment and training assistance for dislocated workers.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Noncompetitive Appointments of Former Incumbents of Positions Brought into the Competitive Service; Technical Amendment Rule (5 CFR Part 315)

Adoption: 1989-09-06 | Date of entry into force: 1989-09-07 | USA-1989-R-9417

Amends Regulations permitting noncompetitive appointment to federal jobs based on former incumbency in a position brought into the competitive service to cover employees entitled to restoration following a compensable injury.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Projects With Industry Rule (34 CFR Part 379)

Adoption: 1989-08-14 | USA-1989-R-9061

Amendments to existing Regulations in Part 379 governing the Projects with Industry program and addition of new subpart F to implement requirements in sections 621(f) and 621(h) of the Rehabilitation Act as added by Public Law 99-506, the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1986, in relation to minimum compliance with program evaluation standards.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Employment of Workers With Disabilities Under Special Certificates Rule (29 CFR Parts 524, 525 and 529)

Adoption: 1989-08-04 | Date of entry into force: 1989-09-11 | USA-1989-R-9420

Regulations governing the employment of individuals with disabilities at special minimum wages under section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (LS 1966-USA 1).

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Authorization of an Initial Evaluation Under the Vocational Rehabilitation Program for Veterans Not Residing in a State Rule (38 CFR Part 21)

Adoption: 1989-08-03 | Date of entry into force: 1989-08-04 | USA-1989-R-8959

Amendments designed to provide initial evaluations for veterans requesting assistance under the vocational rehabilitation program when the veteran does not reside in a state, in order to effect cost savings in the payment of beneficiary travel.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled; Exception of Certain Assistance Payments From Retrospective Monthly Accounting Rule (20 CFR Part 416)

Adoption: 1989-07-31 | Date of entry into force: 1989-08-01 | USA-1989-R-8996

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Enforcement of Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Federally Assisted Programs Rule (5 CFR Part 900)

Adoption: 1989-07-06 | Date of entry into force: 1990-09-23 | USA-1989-R-20712

Amends the regulation issued by the Office of Personnel Management for the enforcement of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, in federally assisted programs or activities to include a cross reference to the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards in relation to construction design.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Enforcement of Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Programs Rule (29 CFR Part 1615)

Adoption: 1989-05-19 | Date of entry into force: 1989-06-26 | USA-1989-R-8172

Provides for the enforcement of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of handicap, as it applies to programmes or activities conducted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. It sets forth standards for what constitutes discrimination on the basis of mental or physical handicap, provides a definition for "individual with handicaps", and "qualified individuals with handicaps" and establishes a complaint mechanism for resolving allegations of discrimination.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers Rule (20 CFR Part 617)

Adoption: 1989-05-05 | Date of entry into force: 1988-09-23 | USA-1989-R-8167

This rule adopts the definition of the term "justifiable cause" as a reason for excusing adversely affected workers from participating in a job search program as is required under the 1986 amendments to the trade adjustment program, adopted under the Trade Act of 1974.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Handicapped Programs Technical Amendments Act of 1988. Public Law 100-630 (H.R. 5334).

Adoption: 1988-11-07 | USA-1988-L-8060

Makes certain technical and conforming amendments to the Education of the Handicapped Act [20 USC 1401 et seq.] and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 [29 USC 701 et seq.] and for other purposes.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Act of 1988. Public Law 100-553 (S. 1727).

Adoption: 1988-10-28 | USA-1988-L-7468

Amends the Public Health Service Act (title IV, 42 USC 281 et seq.) to establish the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders in order to conduct research and training on hearing, speech and related disorders.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Amendments Act of 1988. Public Law 100-509 (S. 2393).

Adoption: 1988-10-20 | USA-1988-L-7462

Amends the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986 in relation to financial and administrative aspects.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Job Training Partnership Act; Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act; Employment Training Services to Dislocated Workers Rule (20 CFR Parts 626 to 631)

Adoption: 1988-10-18 | USA-1988-R-7476

Amends Regulations under the above-cited Acts to implement provisions of the Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act (ISN 6441). Covers training programmes and administrative aspects.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Family Support Act of 1988. Public Law 100-485 (H.R. 1720).

Adoption: 1988-10-13 | USA-1988-L-7255

Provides for restructuring the welfare system by introducing a new Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) programme, requiring states to offer recipients basic education and training for employment in exchange for receiving federal money to cover welfare costs. In two-parent families on welfare, either the father or the mother will be given 60 days to search employment; if none is found he or she will be required to work at least 16 hours per week in unpaid community or local government service. Most welfare recipients with children aged three or older will have to participate in education, training or employment programmes; child-care assistance will be provided. In addition, the law requires the states to automatically deduct court-ordered child support payments from the wages of an absentee parent. The various measures are to be phased in over a period ending October 1994.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Hunger Prevention Act of 1988. Public Law 100-435 (S. 2560).

Adoption: 1988-09-19 | USA-1988-L-7059

Provides for temporary emergency food assistance and amends other enactments in relation to child nutrition, etc. Title IV, entitled Family Self-Sufficiency, amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 in regard to employment and training (see section 404).

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Procedures for Selecting Candidates for Appointment Rule (5 CFR Parts 302 and 333)

Adoption: 1988-09-12 | Date of entry into force: 1988-10-13 | USA-1988-R-6889

Applies to employment with the federal government.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Federal Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Benefits: Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind and Disabled; Continued Payment of Benefits During Appeal Rule (20 CFR Parts 404 and 416)

Adoption: 1988-06-20 | USA-1988-R-6589

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind and Disabled; [Recovery of Payment] against Equity and Good Conscience Rule (20 CFR Parts 404 and 416)

Adoption: 1988-06-08 | USA-1988-R-6700

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Veteran's Employment, Training and Counseling Amendments of 1988. Public Law 100-323 (S. 999).

Adoption: 1988-05-20 | USA-1988-L-6588

Amends the Veteran's Job Training Act (29 USC 1721) to improve services and programmes in relation to employment opportunities, counseling and job training for veterans. Contains special provisions for handicapped persons.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Executive Order concerning the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities (No. 12640)

Adoption: 1988-05-10 | USA-1988-R-6245

The Committee is to provide advice and information as to the development of maximum employment opportunities for people who are physically disabled, mentally retarded and mentally ill.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

State Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program Rule (34 CFR Part 361)

Adoption: 1988-03-18 | USA-1988-R-6244

Inter alia, includes new or revised definitions and expands services to be provided to individuals with handicaps under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Older Americans Act Amendments of 1987. Public Law 100-175 (H.R. 1451).

Adoption: 1987-11-29 | USA-1987-L-4930

Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 3001 et seq., to provide, inter alia, for grants to states in relation to services for home health care, services for frail, low-income and disabled elderly persons, and so forth.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Unfair Immigration-Related Employment Practices Rule (28 CFR Part 44)

Adoption: 1987-09-30 | Date of entry into force: 1987-11-05 | USA-1987-R-4618

Establishes standards and procedures for the enforcement of section 102 of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (LS 1986 - USA 1 (extracts)). That section makes it an unfair immigration-related employment practice to discriminate against an individual in hiring, discharging or recruiting or referring for a fee because of an individual's national origin or, in specified cases, his or her citizenship status. These regulations contain definitions of prohibited practices and set forth the procedures applicable to charges of discrimination.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Reaffirmation Rule (29 CFR Part 1625)

Adoption: 1987-07-30 | USA-1987-R-4610

States that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Interpretative Regulation, set forth at 29 CFR 1625.13: Apprenticeship Programs under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (LS 1967 - USA 1), remains in force. Under the reaffirmed Regulations, bona fide apprenticeship programmes are not subject to the provisions of that Act.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance Rule (29 CFR Part 90)

Adoption: 1987-06-15 | USA-1987-R-3688

Regulations on certifications of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance under Ch. 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974 in cases of jobs lost in relation to imports.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Enforcement of Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Programs or Activities Conducted by the Department of Labour Rule (29 CFR Part 33)

Adoption: 1987-04-02 | Date of entry into force: 1987-05-11 | USA-1987-R-3393

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Claims for Compensation under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, as amended Rule (20 CFR Part 10)

Adoption: 1987-03-27 | USA-1987-R-3436

Revised Regulations under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (Public Law 89-554 of 6 Sept. 1966, as amended, 5 USC sec. 8108 et seq.) governing benefits to federal employees injured or killed in the performance of duty. Inter alia, covers special categories of employees not previously addressed by regulation and establishes procedures for reducing monetary compensation for failure or refusal to participate in vocational rehabilitation efforts. Issued by the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs of the Department of Labor.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Pension and Retirement Plans Rule (29 CFR Part 860)

Adoption: 1987-03-13 | USA-1987-R-3391

This rescission by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission concerns interpretations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (LS 1967 - USA 1) in relation to employer contributions to pension and retirement plans for employees who continue to work beyond normal retirement age.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Food Stamp Program; Employment and Training Requirements Rule (7 CFR Parts 271 to 273 and 277)

Adoption: 1986-12-24 | USA-1986-R-3302

Issued in application of the Food Security Act of 1985, Public Law 99-198, which requires every state agency to implement an employment and training programme for able-bodied food stamp recipients, with the aim of their paid employment and decreased dependency on assistance programmes.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Supplementary Security Income for the Aged, Blind and Disabled; Residence and Citizenship Rule (20 CFR Part 416)

Adoption: 1986-12-24 | USA-1986-R-3832

Criteria for determining whether an alien is permanently residing in the United States for purposes of eligibility for supplemental security income benefits.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Employment Opportunities for Disabled Americans Act. Public Law 99-643 (H.R. 5595).

Adoption: 1986-11-10 | USA-1986-L-3299

Makes the provisions of section 1619 of the Social Security Act (which would have remained in effect only through 30 June 1987) permanent and is intended to improve the benefits afforded to disabled personsection It also clarifies the relationship of the benefits available under section 1619 to those under other social security programmesection

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1986. Public Law 99-592 (H.R. 4154).

Adoption: 1986-10-31 | Date of entry into force: 1987-01-01 | USA-1986-L-2964

Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (LS 1967 - USA 1) to remove the maximum age limitation which was applicable to employees protected under the 1967 Act. There are exceptions regarding the compulsory retirement of firefighters and law enforcement officers, and special provisions govern the retirement of tenured faculty at institutions of higher education. Effective date 1 Jan. 1987, with later entry into force for persons covered by a collective bargaining agreement containing a provision which would be supersed by this Act (section 7).

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Veterans' Benefits Improvement and Health-Care Authorisation Act of 1986. Public Law 99-576 (H.R. 5299).

Adoption: 1986-10-28 | USA-1986-L-2963

Amendments to Title 38 of the United States Code to increase (a) the rates of compensation and (b) dependency and indemnity compensation for veterans and survivors; improve veterans' health-care, education, employment and other programmes.

United States of America - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Tax Reform Act of 1986. Public Law 99-514 (H.R. 3838).

Adoption: 1986-10-22 | USA-1986-L-3038

Contains provisions relating to taxation of unemployment compensation benefits, extension and modification of the tax credit for targeted jobs and amendments related to various social security programmes, inter alia. Comprehensively revises the internal revenue laws.