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Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act allows some organizations to pay employees with disabilities less than minimum wage. This is a controversial topic of much debate right now across the country.

In a video interview, Christa Preston from the Institute for Community Inclusion shares about her family’s experience with 14c: “If this debate had taken place two decades ago, my family and I would have been advocating for 14(c). With the knowledge I have gained through [my] experience, I can no longer advocate for 14(c).”

Watch the full interview with Christa: https://buff.ly/3SjYbOx

Federal Disability Employment Program Bans Subminimum Wage A major federal program that facilitates jobs for people with disabilities working on government contracts will soon no longer allow them to be paid less than minimum wage.

The Subminimum Wage Disability Pay Loophole - If You Don’t Know, Now You Know | The Daily Show Thanks to a loophole, disabled employees can legally be paid less than their able-bodied counterparts. Here’s a look at the debate over subminimum wage. ...

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Yesterday, the House Committee on Education and Labor introduced the Transformation to Competitive integrated Employment Act (HR2373). This bipartisan bill calls for the phase-out of 14(c) with a simultaneous investment in resources to support states and employers to transition workers with disabilities into fully competitive and integrated employment in their communities.

Biden Plan Would End Subminimum Wage, Offer Stimulus Checks To More With Disabilities President-elect Joe Biden wants to do away with a decades-old option to pay workers with disabilities less than minimum wage while giving stimulus payments to more people in this population.

https://www.transcen.org/new-webinar-series-transforming-services-and-staff-for-jobs-and-life-in-the-community/

New Webinar Series: Transforming Services and Staff for Jobs and Life in the Community | TransCen, Inc New Webinar Series: Transforming Services and Staff for Jobs and Life in the Community December 16, 2020 Transforming Services and Staff for Jobs and Life in the Community Bring a team of leaders and staff to learn and discuss how to take your organization through a provider transformation planning....

Subminimum Wages: Impacts on the Civil Rights of People with Disabilities; Report Release Video (September 17, 2020)

“The Commission today calls for the end of the Section 14(c) program, because it continues to limit people with disabilities from realizing their full potential,” ​Catherine E. Lhamon​, Chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. “In addition the program suffers from wildly insufficient federal oversight and civil rights review, and apparently routine noncompliance, begging the question why we as a nation continue its operation.”

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http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-advocates-seek-to-abolish-subminimum-wages-for-people-with-disabilities/568249102/

Minnesota advocates seek to abolish subminimum wages for people with disabilities Thousands do assembly in “sheltered workshops.”

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