Disabled workers may receive a salary base
Sheryl Arno and others have fought for the same payment for disabled workers at the state and federal level for years. Change can finally be around the corner.
What is the law of the Senate 55, dignity and wage law?
ATLANTA – – The “Dignity and Pay Act” would run a program of decades that enables some employers to pay people with disabilities far below the minimum wage of the federal government, with a few 22 cents per hour.
This practice was implemented in the 1930s as part of the law on Fair Labor Standards at the federal level in order to offer disabled employees.
What you say:
Critics argue that the program exploits people with disabilities and is discriminatory.
Sheryl Arno, spokeswoman for the Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta, has been fighting at the state and federal level for years to end the program.
“You only – you want to be part of the community,” said Arno to Fox 5.
The dignity and the salary law are a step closer to the fair wages delivered for people with disabilities.
What's next:
On Wednesday, the Senate Bill 55 solved a house committee through unanimous coordination.
When they are adopted, employers would have two years to end their participation in the program.
The spokesman for Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities, Leah Soller, said that the change was long overdue.
“I think 11 states that complete this subminimum wage completely or at least partially.” Soller explained.
The source: Fox 5 Atlanta Reporter Deidra Dukes interviewed Sheryl Arno and Georgia Council for Developmental Disabilities Disabilities Leah Soller for this report Down syndrome Association of Atlanta.
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