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Lawsuit Takes Aim at Sheltered Workshops, Where Disabled Workers Make Far Less than Minimum Wage FairWarining Reports

Lawsuit Takes Aim at Sheltered Workshops, Where Disabled Workers Make Far Less than Minimum Wage

By Hillel Aron on September 18, 2019

An 81-year-old labor law allows certain companies to pay disabled workers less than minimum wage. Some make pennies an hour.

Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged 14c, Americans With Disability Access, Disability, Employment, Fair Labor Standards Act, Michael Denoewer, Minimum Wage, Rock River Valley Self Help Enterprises, Section 14c, Sheltered Workshops, Sub-Minimum Wage, UCO Industries | 4 Comments

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Lawsuit Takes Aim at Sheltered Workshops, Where Disabled Workers Make Far Less than Minimum Wage

By Hillel Aron

For seven years, Michael Denoewer held a job in Marysville, Ohio, unpacking and organizing instruction manuals for new Honda automobiles. Born with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including epilepsy and autism, he was paid a piece-rate that in some years averaged between $1 and $2 an hour - well below the state and federal minimum wage.

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