Many People with Disabilities Are Being Paid Way Below the Minimum Wage, and
  It's Perfectly Legal
From: Mother Jones - 08/08/2017
By: Ashley Dejean

A 1938 provision in the Fair Labor Standards Act permits employers, who apply
to the Department of Labor for a waiver, to pay lower wages to people with
disabilities. According to the department, about 20 percent of people with
disabilities participate in the workforce, and of that group, about 3
percent, or approximately 195,000 workers, are being paid subminimum wages.
These workers typically make well below the minimum wage, sometimes as low as
"pennies per hour," according to the Department of Justice.

Many disability advocates consider the law to be a relic of the past and
argue that no other class of people faces government-sanctioned wage
discrimination based on who they are. Additionally, they argue these jobs
segregate people with disabilities from the rest of society.

Read the entire article and view a video (5:03) at:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/08/many-people-with-disabilities-are-being-paid-way-below-the-minimum-wage-and-its-perfectly-legal

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