Department Of Labor Ends 7% Disability Employment Goal For Federal Contractors

The federal government no longer requires federal contractors to measure the representation of people with disabilities in their workforce against a 7% utilization goal or to ask applicants and employees to identify their disability status. The Department of Labor (DOL) eliminated the requirements effective September 21, 2026, when a new rule modifying Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act took effect.

Under regulations adopted in 2013, federal contractors were required to annually evaluate the representation of people with disabilities against a 7% utilization goal for each job group. Contractors with 100 or fewer employees could apply the goal to their entire . . .