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In conjunction with national disabilities Awareness month, the Work Enhancement Employment Team (WEET) will once again host a luncheon on October 15 at Texas Station. The luncheon will honor the top disabled employees in Clark County and the companies who hire them.

If your organization would like to nominate an employee to receive recognition at this event, please complete the enclosed nomination form. Nominations are free, but must be received on or before the September 28 deadline.

Countless studies have proven employee recognition to be the chief component in gaining and retaining staff, and maintaining a positive work environment. Do your part. Nominate a disabled employee today.

Nomination Instructions

General: Awards are presented to employees with significant disabilities in recognition of their exemplary job performance and remarkable contributions to the work place and community and for showing that a person with a disability is really a person of ability. Information provided will be used solely in considering the nominee for an award.

Eligibility: Nominees must work a minimum of 20 hours per week for either the Federal, State, City or County government or a private company in the Greater Las Vegas area. Nominees may not be in a probationary status, training program, or internship. Prior nominees who have not been recognized as a winner may be re-nominated.

Agency/Company Selection: Organizations should carefully consider all of the award criteria before selecting a nominee. Care should be taken when drafting a nomination as this will be the only tool used by the committee to select honorees. A single organization may submit no more than two nominations.

Nominations will be judged by an independent panel. Two outstanding disabled employees will be chosen from both the public and private sectors.

Nomination Package:

Nomination form: Complete the enclosed nomination form for each person nominated. The narrative should succinctly specify and describe all the areas listed on the nomination form.

Nomination Deadline: October 10, 2008

Mail or Fax or use on line nomination form (below)

Nominations go to either one of the following individuals:

Marcy Haime

6161 W Charleston Blvd.

Las Vegas, NV 89146

Fax: 486-7789

Ph: 486-6044

Sylvia Milburn

3016 W. Charleston Blvd. Suite 200

Las Vegas, NV 89102

Fax: 486-5253

Ph: 486-5240

2008 Outstanding Employee With a Disability Award Nomination Form

Part A

Nominee Information
Nominee Name:
Nominee Title:
Nominee's Years of Service:
Nominee's type of Disability:
Employer Organization Name:
Employer Address:
City:
State:
Zip:
Email:
Web Address:
Nominator Information
Is the Employer a federal, state, county or municipal Agency, Private Sector
Name of Nominating Official:
Title:
Phone Number:
Signature:
		(Signee acknowledges the nominating company and employee may be used as examples in WEET’s effort to advance the employability of people with disabilities. This may include but is not limited to interviews in both print and broadcast media and the use of photos for WEET collateral and display materials.)

2008 Outstanding Employee With a Disability Award Nomination Narrative Part B The narrative should adequately address the employee’s qualifications and should not exceed two pages. The narrative must address the following areas in a succinct yet informative manner. All nominees will be judged based on the narrative provided.
1.	Describe the nominee’s job duties.
2.	Describe the obstacles the employee has overcome in performing these duties with or without an accommodation.
3.	Describe the nominee’s exemplary job performance (i.e. how has this nominee showed that a person with a disability is really a person of ability.)
4.	Describe any significant contributions the employee has made to the work place or to the outside community (i.e., volunteer activities).