Subminimum Wage for People with Disabilities

Gov. Pritzker Signs Executive Order Eliminating the Subminimum ...

"Illinois is leading by example by ensuring people with disabilities are not paid a subminimum wage," said Governor JB Pritzker. "With this executive order my ...

Casey, Daines, Scott, McMorris Rodgers Announce Bipartisan Bill to ...

The majority of subminimum wage workers have an intellectual or developmental disability and are paid less than $3.50 an hour. Sen. Casey and ...

People with disabilities are paid less than minimum wage - WBUR

Even today, it's not uncommon for some workers to earn less than $3.50 an hour. “The Labor Department has been engaging with advocates on the ...

Section 14c Lets Disabled Workers Earn Subminimum Wage | TIME

Another huge one: a nearly 90-year-old federal law from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that allows employers to pay Disabled people less ...

Law allowing people with disabilities to be underpaid faces new ...

Under Section 14(c) of the act, employers can apply to the U.S. Department of Labor for special certificates that allow them to pay people with disabilities ...

2.7 Sub-minimum wages for workers with disabilities

In some countries, lower rates can be set for certain workers with disabilities. This is generally done with a view to promote the employment of workers with ...

Workers With Disabilities Can Earn $3.34 An Hour. Agency Says ...

Workers With Disabilities Can Earn Just $3.34 An Hour. Agency Says Law Needs Change. September 17, 20205:00 AM ET.

Subminimum Wage Program: Factors Influencing the Transition of ...

Employers are allowed to pay less than minimum wage to certain people with disabilities. Often, they work in segregated settings where their ...

State Legislative Watch - Association of People Supporting ... - APSE

Note: Prior to 2023, the following states passed legislation to eliminate subminimum wages for people with disabilities: Alaska, Maine, Maryland ...

Impacts on the Civil Rights of People with Disabilities

Subminimum Wages: Impacts on the Civil Rights of People with Disabilities ... In this report, the Commission examined the exemption under the Fair ...

Ableism, Racism, and Subminimum Wage in the United States

Yet, in addition to being socially devalued, people on subminimum wages often get stuck in a cycle of poverty. People with disabilities making subminimum wage ...

Subminimum Wage for Disabled: Unpopular Yet Useful?

Under 14(c), these workers, who often have cognitive or intellectual disabilities, are earning as little as $4 or $5 per hour mainly through non-profit ...

Illinois could be 19th state to phase out subminimum wage for ...

For small-group, large-group and individual supported employment activities, rates max out at $18,864, $9,600, and $13,986, respectively.

Feds Weighing Changes To Subminimum Wage Program

Paying people with disabilities what's known as subminimum wage is already banned in many states and the number of people working such jobs ...

Paying Certain Workers Less than Minimum Wage

If an employer can show a wage rate is justified, they can apply to pay a worker with a disability at a subminimum wage. See WAC 296-128-050 for adult workers, ...

Tell Congress It's Time To End the Subminimum Wage for People ...

Under current federal law, employers are able to obtain “special wage certificates” that allow them to pay workers with disabilities less that the federal ...

AAPD Calls on Department of Labor to End the Practice of Paying ...

Workers with disabilities deserve equal pay for equal work. As of 2019, a majority of 14(c) employees earned less than 3.40 an hour, $53.44 per ...

Labor Department to review subminimum wage policy for disabled ...

In many parts of the U.S., it's still legal to pay people with disabilities less than the minimum wage. It's called a subminimum wage, and the ...

Why businesses can still get away with paying pennies to ... - Vox

The first, the Raise the Wage Act, pledges to raise minimum wage for all workers, including those with disabilities, to $15 an hour. It passed ...

Congress could help end subminimum wages for people with ...

Employees with disabilities working at companies that pay the subminimum wage earn $3.34 per hour on average and work about 16 hours a week, ...