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Companies can pay disabled people below minimum wage. The Biden admin wants to change that. (www.motherjones.com)

submitted 1 year ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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A proposal from the Department of Labor recommends the end of certificates that allow a subminimum wage for disabled people.

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[–] brlemworld@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Get rid of all subminimum wages.

[+] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

No, they would not have jobs at all. With the extra supervision and care required, I seriously doubt these companies are saving money, and in fact are probably paying more than minimum wage at the end of the day.

I'm guessing it's more of a "put people to work so they can feel productive and good about themselves" rather than "evil capitalist plot".

OTOH, for all lemmy harps about the minimum wage, almost no one gets paid that.

The percentage of hourly paid workers earning the prevailing federal minimum wage or less edged down from 1.3 percent in 2022 to 1.1 percent in 2023. This remains well below the percentage of 13.4 recorded in 1979, when data were first collected on a regular basis.

https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/minimum-wage/2023/

So maybe paying them minimum wage wouldn't make a difference?

[–] m_f@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OTOH, for all lemmy harps about the minimum wage, almost no one gets paid that.

Is that cause or effect? I.e., is nobody paid that because it's ridiculously low and hasn't kept up with inflation? If minimum wage was $0.01, then the number of people paid minimum wage would be 0%, but I don't think that's a good thing.

[–] Fosheze@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

but I don't think that's a good thing.

If we implemented reasonable a UBI then I could actually see eliminating minimum wage laws. There's not much reason to have a minimum wage if everyone is already guaranteed a minimum income.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OTOH, for all lemmy harps about the minimum wage, almost no one gets paid that.

The percentage of hourly paid workers earning the prevailing federal minimum wage or less edged down from 1.3 percent in 2022 to 1.1 percent in 2023.

I don't think 3 million people is 'almost no one'.

And that's only what the statutory minimum wage is currently. If the minimum wage had kept up with inflation, it would be $25/hr by now. About a third of Americans make less than that.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

And that’s only what the statutory minimum wage is currently. If the minimum wage had kept up with inflation, it would be $25/hr by now. About a third of Americans make less than that.

Centrists consider that a win.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

No your wrong go to your local Goodwill to see it in practice. They don't supervise them any more rhan someone at a normal job. But they hire a ton of disabled people.

[–] finderscult@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

There are more jobs than people, according to the government every month before retraction. So yes, yes they would, if companies are accurately reporting the lack of applicants.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago

That is the logic behind allowing them to be paid less.

[–] whithom@discuss.online 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Will be removed in January anyway so why bother?

[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

That's the spirit!

[–] minnow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The more things Trump's administration has to remove, the longer it'll take for him to remove them. That's the logic behind people wanting stuff like this as a means of resisting the fascist takeover. Is it good logic? I dunno, but it's better than not resisting at all I guess

[–] whithom@discuss.online 2 points 1 year ago

When they have all the branches aligned, they can do almost anything quickly.