Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act authorizes employers, after receiving a certificate from the Wage and Hour Division, to pay special minimum wages — wages less than the Federal minimum wage — to workers who have disabilities for the work being performed.
Cool how you basically get slaves. Also, if they don't get a job, they usually have disability cut. And if they make minimum wage, it goes away, and of they make less than sub minimum wage it also goes away. So they're the most blatant and obvious example of wage slavery right now.
I worked with a guy with cerebral palsy, we made probably the same amount per hour but I know if he worked too many hours he'd have his benefits taken away.
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/special-employment
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Cool how you basically get slaves. Also, if they don't get a job, they usually have disability cut. And if they make minimum wage, it goes away, and of they make less than sub minimum wage it also goes away. So they're the most blatant and obvious example of wage slavery right now.
I worked with a guy with cerebral palsy, we made probably the same amount per hour but I know if he worked too many hours he'd have his benefits taken away.
Yep. It's a system to create an incredibly precarious labor pool.