BrikoX@lemmy.zip to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 20 days agoCompanies can pay disabled people below minimum wage. The Biden admin wants to change that.www.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkCompanies can pay disabled people below minimum wage. The Biden admin wants to change that.www.motherjones.comBrikoX@lemmy.zip to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
A proposal from the Department of Labor recommends the end of certificates that allow a subminimum wage for disabled people.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days 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.
Centrists consider that a win.