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Federal Disability Employment Program Bans Subminimum Wage

by | Sep 14, 2022 | Disability, Employment, Transition

by Michelle Diament | July 25, 2022

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.

Under a rule finalized this month, the AbilityOne Program will prohibit payment of what’s known as subminimum wage.

Current law allows employers to obtain special 14(c) certificates from the U.S. Department of Labor to pay people with disabilities less than the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour, but increasingly cities and states are barring the practice.

Click this link to read more. https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2022/07/25/federal-disability-employment-program-bans-subminimum-wage/29955/