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© 2014 US Business Leadership Network ®. All rights reserved. Effective March 2014, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act requires federal contractors with 50+ employees and $50,000+ in federal contracts to: Aspire to a 7% utilization goal across job groups for qualified individuals with disabilities. Invite applicants at the pre and post-offer stages, and their employees at five year intervals to self-identify as individuals with a disability using language prescribed by OFCCP. Document and update annually several quantitative comparisons for the number of individuals with disabilities who apply for jobs and the number hired to measure the effectiveness of outreach and recruitment efforts…along with other requirements.   © 2014 US Business Leadership Network ®. All rights reserved.

© 2014 US Business Leadership Network ®. All rights reserved.   The USBLN® is a trusted adviser and the leading business-to-business voice regarding disability and inclusion in the workplace, supply chain and marketplace. The USBLN® believes its mission should be driven by the needs of employers, working closely with other employers, to create disability inclusive cultures that are beneficial to companies and their employees. The USBLN® wants to ease the burden and expense of your company’s compliance with Section 503 and create more employment opportunities for qualified people with disabilities – It is a win, win. © 2014 US Business Leadership Network ®. All rights reserved.

© 2014 US Business Leadership Network ®. All rights reserved.   To move toward compliance, federal contractors need to: Understand the final Section 503 requirements Evaluate their company’s current efforts against the rule Establish baseline data Develop a data-informed Affirmative Action Program © 2014 US Business Leadership Network ®. All rights reserved.

© 2014 US Business Leadership Network ®. All rights reserved. The online, confidential 503 Tool organizes the regulation into manageable pieces, which makes it much easier for federal contractors to efficiently and effectively assess their company’s current status against the 503 requirements to develop a well-informed Affirmative Action Program. The tool employs simple ‘yes’ and ‘no’ answers to assist federal contractors to determine where they stand with 503’s Subpart C. Affirmative Action Program.   © 2014 US Business Leadership Network ®. All rights reserved.

Benefits to Federal Contractors   Access the easy to use, point & click, confidential self-evaluation tool online Compare your company’s current activities to the Section 503 regulation without reading the nearly 200 page regulation Tap into the tool’s “best practices” and “resources” to reduce the time involved to meet Section 503 requirements © 2014 US Business Leadership Network ®. All rights reserved.

Benefits to Federal Contractors   Benefits to Federal Contractors Confidentially determine Section 503 affirmative actions your company needs to take to comply with Section 503 Take proactive steps to avoid expensive, time-consuming conciliation by internally assuring compliance © 2014 US Business Leadership Network ®. All rights reserved.

Security and Confidentiality   Security and Confidentiality The Section 503 Self-Evaluation Compliance Tool is hosted by eTeach©. All eTeach© data is stored on dedicated, secure servers which are hosted and administered by Rackspace, one of the top server and cloud providers in the world.  eTeach© has never had a breach of its Firewalls. To review the security certifications and standards that Rackspace meets go to: https://www.rackspace.com/security/management/ Each company's 503 tool responses are password protected to protect confidentiality. Participating companies determine who has access to the password.   © 2014 US Business Leadership Network ®. All rights reserved.

© 2014 US Business Leadership Network ®. All rights reserved.   Live Demonstration http://usbln.eteach.co/login   © 2014 US Business Leadership Network ®. All rights reserved.

© 2014 US Business Leadership Network ®. All rights reserved.   Cost to Access the Tool USBLN Corporate Members: No Cost NON-USBLN Members: $1,500   © 2014 US Business Leadership Network ®. All rights reserved.

© 2014 US Business Leadership Network ®. All rights reserved.   To Access the Tool, For More Information OR to request a free 15 minute demo for your company, please contact: Leslie Wilson lesliew@wilres.com Phone: 941-729-9673   © 2014 US Business Leadership Network ®. All rights reserved.