Hawaii Revised Statutes 78-66 – Employment first; persons with disabilities
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 78-66
- county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
“Competitive employment” means work in the competitive labor market that is performed on a full-time or part-time basis in an integrated setting, and for which a person with a disability is compensated at or above the minimum wage, but not less than the customary wage and level of benefits paid by the employer for the same or similar work performed by a person without a disability.
“Employment first” means the competitive employment and full inclusion of persons with a disability in an integrated setting as a first and preferred option for employment services.
“Integrated setting” means an employment setting in which persons with disabilities interact with persons without disabilities, other than persons without disabilities who are providing services to those persons with disabilities, to the same extent that persons without disabilities interact with other persons in comparable positions.
“Person with a disability” means a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.