The Percy Program

It is a fight to level the playing field to be able to compete for jobs and careers on the basis of skills and make available apprentice training to all. In 1973 Al Percy launched a class action lawsuit to give workers like him a chance to better their lot in life. It would also ensure the availability of skilled workers to build the infrastructure of the future.

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Percy Program alternative employment practice, an IRC 501(c)(3) non-profit

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Case Management............................................................................................................................ 45 Utilization Management .................................................................................................................. 45 Medical Bill Processing ................................................................................................................... 45 Return to Work Program ................................................................................................................. 46 PERCY PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION ....................................................................................... 47 Administration ................................................................................................................................. 47 Implementation of Workers Compensation Insurance and Surety Bonding Programs ................... 48 STRATEGY, IMPLEMENTATION and GOALS ............................................................................. 50 Key Actions ..................................................................................................................................... 50 Key Actions-Employer ................................................................................................................. 50 Production of Business .................................................................................................................... 51 Underwriting .................................................................................................................................... 51 Reinsurance ..................................................................................................................................... 51 Claims Processing and Litigation .................................................................................................... 52 CORPORATE HISTORY and STRUCTURE ................................................................................... 53 History of the Percy Program .......................................................................................................... 53 Percy Jobs to Careers Corporation .................................................................................................. 55 Not-For-Profit Corporation .......................................................................................................... 55 Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3) Status ...................................................................................... 55 New York State Charitable Organization ..................................................................................... 55 Support Entities ............................................................................................................................... 55 Waterbury Workforce Ltd., Inc. ................................................................................................... 55 Oriska Insurance Company .......................................................................................................... 56 Waterbury Fidelity ....................................................................................................................... 56 Waterbury Square Holdings ......................................................................................................... 56 SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................................ 57 2 | Page

PERCY JOBS TO CAREERS PROGRAM The Percy Jobs and Careers Program (the "Program") described in this document, a business model for more than 24 years, is called Percy in recognition of the class representative in the watershed case of Percy vs Brennan 384 F.Supp 800, who in 1974 sought and obtained an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, ordering and directing that persons in the Percy Class desiring meaningful and safe employment, be entitled to equal opportunity to obtain the skills to be safe on the job, protecting not only themselves but also co-workers. An employer is in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended in 1991 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-2) if (a) he has engaged in a particular employment practice that has caused a disparate impact 1 on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, and (b) has refused to adopt alternative employment practices which the complaining parties have demonstrated to him to be available to address such disparate impact. Thus, a business can be liable under the above law for disparate-impact discrimination for refusing to adopt alternative employment practices in lieu of those that have caused a disparate impact on persons of a certain color, race, religion, sex, or national origin. See 42 U.S.C. 2000e-2[k][1][A][ii]. The Percy Program is modeled on the US Marine Corps programs used by the US in South Vietnam from 1968 – 1971, to reach the hearts and minds of Vietnamese in restoring and rebuilding infrastructure, while working alongside and training local Vietnamese. 2 Percy Jobs to Careers Corporation is a not-for-profit corporation incorporated in New York State has been issued a determination letter from the IRS, recognizing its tax-exempt status under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 501(c)(3). The Percy Program contemplates conventional statutory workers compensation coverage to cover all workers using conventional workers compensation coverage from a New York State licensed property and casualty carrier. The Percy Program, as an Alternative Employment Practice, is funded by savings in workers’ compensation costs resulting from loss control, safety training, and safe work habits learned through registered apprenticeship, without extra cost to employers or need for public funding. 1 “Disparate impact” refers to employment practices which appear to be non-discriminatory, fair, or neutral on their face, but actually have a negative or adverse effect on certain classes protected by law (such as the Civil Rights Act which protects persons from discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin). The Supreme Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act “proscribes not only overt discrimination, but also practices that are fair in form, but discriminatory in operation.” Griggs v. Duke Power Co., 401 U.S. 424, 431 (1971). 2 Known as CORD (Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support) by U.S. Marine Corps/Naval Combined Action Programs (CAP). CORDS/CAP, one of the only successes in the Vietnam conflict, was abandoned when the U.S. Marine Corps pulled out of South Vietnam in May 1971 coincident with the New York Times publication of the Pentagon Papers. 3 | Page

Alternative Employment Practice Percy Program