I work with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. During my orientation and on-boarding, I found it about this particular law that allows companies to pay disabled people sub minimum wage.
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938, specifically Section 14(c), allows employers to pay workers with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage under specific conditions. This practice is known as a subminimum wage and requires employers to get a certificate from the U.S. Department of Labor, with the wage based on the individual's productive capacity compared to that of a non-disabled worker.
The rage i have felt since Feb 11.
The fact that I was almost 40yrs old before I found out about this stupidly, discriminatory law is absurd.
The way the US education system intentionally keeps us dumb.