Exploitation OR Lifesaving? The Controversy Around Disabled People Being Paid Pennies An Hour
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Date: 2019-11-01
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Diejt Childs The Lazy Gamer
I have a few good friends that struggle to find work due to their conditions. A lot of these people feel like they have a purpose when they have a job. I don't live in the states myself and luckily my friends have found supportive workplaces (some paid and some volunteer work) and they don't have to worry about their living situation. As long as the workers in this sub-minimum wage jobs are not having to worry and feel fulfilled in life I personally would see that as positive. As is with any situation involving those with disabilities there is going to be people who treat them badly. Making sure these workplaces are up to standard as well as their living spaces is important. The reality is the employer needs an incentive to employ these people. It's easier to employ someone who is more efficient / skilled. You don't need as much space if you don't have to hire as many people. I find people tend to want to support business that supports their communities, that combined with this Sub-minimum wage seems to give enough incentive for some businesses to hire these people. I think talking about other alternatives that achieve the same goal is a really good idea because I personally feel like there's a lot of room for improvement. However stopping something that achieves something important without replacing it with something else that achieves the same/similar outcome seems like a really bad idea. Also that dude that said. We're talking about old fashioned, garden variety, discrimination against people. I have never heard anyone advocate for OTHER minority groups to be paid less than minimum wage Is completely ignoring that the capabilities of a trans black lesbian woman most of the time is the exact same as a straight white dude. Obviously if someone with a disability can do said task at the same level as everyone else they should be paid the exact same as everyone else. To my understanding the sub-minimum wage was when the individual was unable to do said task at the normal expected rate. Different people have different capabilities and by completely ignoring that I think you are doing the people you are advocating for a disservice. I understand the emotions behind his argument but airy fairy wistful thinking doesn't change how the world works. Like I said earlier stopping something that achieves something important without replacing it with something else that achieves the same/similar outcome seems like a really bad idea. I feel like a happy compromise until a more permanent solution is agreed on should be just reviewing and updating the amount that gets paid.
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I have a few good friends that struggle to find work due to their conditions. A lot of these people feel like they have a purpose when they have a job. I don't live in the states myself and luckily my friends have found supportive workplaces (some paid and some volunteer work) and they don't have to worry about their living situation. As long as the workers in this sub-minimum wage jobs are not having to worry and feel fulfilled in life I personally would see that as positive. As is with any situation involving those with disabilities there is going to be people who treat them badly. Making sure these workplaces are up to standard as well as their living spaces is important. The reality is the employer needs an incentive to employ these people. It's easier to employ someone who is more efficient / skilled. You don't need as much space if you don't have to hire as many people. I find people tend to want to support business that supports their communities, that combined with this Sub-minimum wage seems to give enough incentive for some businesses to hire these people. I think talking about other alternatives that achieve the same goal is a really good idea because I personally feel like there's a lot of room for improvement. However stopping something that achieves something important without replacing it with something else that achieves the same/similar outcome seems like a really bad idea. Also that dude that said. We're talking about old fashioned, garden variety, discrimination against people. I have never heard anyone advocate for OTHER minority groups to be paid less than minimum wage Is completely ignoring that the capabilities of a trans black lesbian woman most of the time is the exact same as a straight white dude. Obviously if someone with a disability can do said task at the same level as everyone else they should be paid the exact same as everyone else. To my understanding the sub-minimum wage was when the individual was unable to do said task at the normal expected rate. Different people have different capabilities and by completely ignoring that I think you are doing the people you are advocating for a disservice. I understand the emotions behind his argument but airy fairy wistful thinking doesn't change how the world works. Like I said earlier stopping something that achieves something important without replacing it with something else that achieves the same/similar outcome seems like a really bad idea. I feel like a happy compromise until a more permanent solution is agreed on should be just reviewing and updating the amount that gets paid.
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Paul Jones
I thought it was a very good video. Very informative with a neutral presentation (I don't know where the journalist stands on the issue. On the issue itself. 1. Whatever the program's baseline merit, it's potential for abuse has to be factored into its ultimate value. As for example crowdfunding may be a wonderful tool for legitimate fundraising for entrepreneurs, the platform is also easier than more traditional platforms to abuse. I can't say I know how big that issue is here, but it stands to reason that in large program in a large economy there will be examples of abuse. If saying some people abuse this program is enough to kill a program, you can say goodbye to just about every program in the social safety net. Fraud is everywhere in just about every program. 2. I am all for private sector solutions that reduce the rational for the program. Go Crazy Socks. And go employers who are finding that they can pay disabled autistic people handsome wages if they structure employment for them. To the extent there are ways for employers to exploit people with particular disabilities by developing jobs designed to make those folks more productive - great And market forces will find them. 3. The argument that low wages are not living wages is disingenuous. These low wage jobs are part of the safety net: the folks who have disabilities that qualify for the low wages are folks who also qualify for other government support (as for example Chris. The low wages are supplemental to their other benefits, not in lieu of them. It's not usually a you get this or you get some other benefit(s. 4. There is a critical benefit beyond wages here - socialization. You can see the camaraderie in the interviews of the workers at the center. We see that with our son Chris. It is something that gets them out in a community - and in this case a community of their peers, not just people better abled than they are. It combats isolation, which is debilitating in itself. Think Special Olympics. So, for me, unless the administrative costs, and operational abuses, of the program are (taken together) pretty large, the programs make sense. I do not have enough information from this podcast to know the answer to that question, but if I had to guess I'd say the concept of the sub minimum wage for disabled workers, as part of a broader safety net for such folks, is solid even taking into account admin expense and abuse. Cheerio. PAJ
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I thought it was a very good video. Very informative with a neutral presentation (I don't know where the journalist stands on the issue. On the issue itself. 1. Whatever the program's baseline merit, it's potential for abuse has to be factored into its ultimate value. As for example crowdfunding may be a wonderful tool for legitimate fundraising for entrepreneurs, the platform is also easier than more traditional platforms to abuse. I can't say I know how big that issue is here, but it stands to reason that in large program in a large economy there will be examples of abuse. If saying some people abuse this program is enough to kill a program, you can say goodbye to just about every program in the social safety net. Fraud is everywhere in just about every program. 2. I am all for private sector solutions that reduce the rational for the program. Go Crazy Socks. And go employers who are finding that they can pay disabled autistic people handsome wages if they structure employment for them. To the extent there are ways for employers to exploit people with particular disabilities by developing jobs designed to make those folks more productive - great And market forces will find them. 3. The argument that low wages are not living wages is disingenuous. These low wage jobs are part of the safety net: the folks who have disabilities that qualify for the low wages are folks who also qualify for other government support (as for example Chris. The low wages are supplemental to their other benefits, not in lieu of them. It's not usually a you get this or you get some other benefit(s. 4. There is a critical benefit beyond wages here - socialization. You can see the camaraderie in the interviews of the workers at the center. We see that with our son Chris. It is something that gets them out in a community - and in this case a community of their peers, not just people better abled than they are. It combats isolation, which is debilitating in itself. Think Special Olympics. So, for me, unless the administrative costs, and operational abuses, of the program are (taken together) pretty large, the programs make sense. I do not have enough information from this podcast to know the answer to that question, but if I had to guess I'd say the concept of the sub minimum wage for disabled workers, as part of a broader safety net for such folks, is solid even taking into account admin expense and abuse. Cheerio. PAJ
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David Wells
First off, the NDC guy who compares handicapped people to other minorities, is being very disingenuous. The comparison is intentionally loaded to play on the tensions of minority issues within the US. This seems to be the greatest conflict among Americans today: Do we listen to our hearts, or listen to our heads? Thinking about it with my head, I can see where the people like those who run Opportunity Village are coming from. Who is going to hire these people to work in high stress or otherwise highly demanding jobs and pay them a minimum wage? Most corporations are only interested in one thing: The bottom line. How much money can they make vs. the man hours invested? These people could never compete in a meritocratic system, like we have in the US. So places like Opportunity Village offer these individuals who want to work a place where they are guaranteed a job without undue demands or the risk of being fired. It is a private entity, and is doing this without government compulsion. They are employing people that the rest of the nation will not employ. That needs to be monitored, of course, to prevent companies from exploiting the handicapped workers as in the example mentioned. But just throwing them into the workforce with others who don't have the same disability would cause myriad problems. But when I listen to my heart, it doesn't seem right to pay them so much less. I get the math behind the wage calculations, but it still seems wrong to put them all aside and pay them less than any other worker. The company of John's Socks demonstrates that disabled workers can work in adapted situations. They don't need to be isolated. They can learn and develop more complex skills, even if it takes longer than normal. They won't learn in a menial job like at Opportunity Village. So what do we do? Remove 14C and hope that industry will sacrifice some of their bottom line to employ handicapped people? Force places like Opportunity Village to pay their workers more, potentially causing their organization to become untenable, and losing their contribution to handicapped people's employment? Stories like this really tug on the heartstrings, but also challenge what we believe is most important in business. Should altruism play a role in the business world? I'll pass the question off to you guys.
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First off, the NDC guy who compares handicapped people to other minorities, is being very disingenuous. The comparison is intentionally loaded to play on the tensions of minority issues within the US. This seems to be the greatest conflict among Americans today: Do we listen to our hearts, or listen to our heads? Thinking about it with my head, I can see where the people like those who run Opportunity Village are coming from. Who is going to hire these people to work in high stress or otherwise highly demanding jobs and pay them a minimum wage? Most corporations are only interested in one thing: The bottom line. How much money can they make vs. the man hours invested? These people could never compete in a meritocratic system, like we have in the US. So places like Opportunity Village offer these individuals who want to work a place where they are guaranteed a job without undue demands or the risk of being fired. It is a private entity, and is doing this without government compulsion. They are employing people that the rest of the nation will not employ. That needs to be monitored, of course, to prevent companies from exploiting the handicapped workers as in the example mentioned. But just throwing them into the workforce with others who don't have the same disability would cause myriad problems. But when I listen to my heart, it doesn't seem right to pay them so much less. I get the math behind the wage calculations, but it still seems wrong to put them all aside and pay them less than any other worker. The company of John's Socks demonstrates that disabled workers can work in adapted situations. They don't need to be isolated. They can learn and develop more complex skills, even if it takes longer than normal. They won't learn in a menial job like at Opportunity Village. So what do we do? Remove 14C and hope that industry will sacrifice some of their bottom line to employ handicapped people? Force places like Opportunity Village to pay their workers more, potentially causing their organization to become untenable, and losing their contribution to handicapped people's employment? Stories like this really tug on the heartstrings, but also challenge what we believe is most important in business. Should altruism play a role in the business world? I'll pass the question off to you guys.
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Balzac Waxhoff
Yo Philly D, you just got added to my truth seeker directory along with Hasan Minaj, Adam Conover and Joe Rogan. This is a very interesting topic, I am currently in the process of applying for Social Security for my son because I have come to realize that with his disability he will not be able to compete with the insanely competitive work field in today's society (along with inflation and cost of living increases. Shit, i can barely keep up. I can only hope that he gets approved so that in times that he can not find work or is getting paid less or even minimum wage (because sometimes its hard to live off of that) the social security will be able to act as some sort of a safety net or help him balance out and make the cut for some type of independent living. I understand the reasoning behind 14c but through reading the comments I can hastily agree that a sub minimum standard should at least be in effect to kind of balance out the argument for now. But those who are receiving 14c wages should also be receiving social security, housing and food assistance or whatever their level of disability qualifies them for SO THAT they are not just relying on a 3. 00/hr job in order to live because that would be impossible. These jobs and the wages they receive should not be their sole means of survival, they should be supplementary wages on top of federal/state benefits they receive because of their disability. Integration is a huge part as well and should be implemented in these work shop communities. This is definitely something that needs to be looked over extensively in order to benefit disabled people businesses and society as a whole. I know businesses get tax breaks for hiring disabled veterans not sure if they get tax breaks or any other incentives for hiring disabled people but that's one positive thing right there. We all know you can't get something for nothing in this world, everybody has to pull their weight, but we can at least give everyone a fair shake in one way or another, leave no man behind, we are all brothers and sisters in the human race.
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Yo Philly D, you just got added to my truth seeker directory along with Hasan Minaj, Adam Conover and Joe Rogan. This is a very interesting topic, I am currently in the process of applying for Social Security for my son because I have come to realize that with his disability he will not be able to compete with the insanely competitive work field in today's society (along with inflation and cost of living increases. Shit, i can barely keep up. I can only hope that he gets approved so that in times that he can not find work or is getting paid less or even minimum wage (because sometimes its hard to live off of that) the social security will be able to act as some sort of a safety net or help him balance out and make the cut for some type of independent living. I understand the reasoning behind 14c but through reading the comments I can hastily agree that a sub minimum standard should at least be in effect to kind of balance out the argument for now. But those who are receiving 14c wages should also be receiving social security, housing and food assistance or whatever their level of disability qualifies them for SO THAT they are not just relying on a 3. 00/hr job in order to live because that would be impossible. These jobs and the wages they receive should not be their sole means of survival, they should be supplementary wages on top of federal/state benefits they receive because of their disability. Integration is a huge part as well and should be implemented in these work shop communities. This is definitely something that needs to be looked over extensively in order to benefit disabled people businesses and society as a whole. I know businesses get tax breaks for hiring disabled veterans not sure if they get tax breaks or any other incentives for hiring disabled people but that's one positive thing right there. We all know you can't get something for nothing in this world, everybody has to pull their weight, but we can at least give everyone a fair shake in one way or another, leave no man behind, we are all brothers and sisters in the human race.
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fionavictoria88
I worked in a group home for developmentally disabled persons for a few years in Florida before I moved back home to Los Angeles. The staff would drop off our 6 clients Monday - Friday at a day work program, where they would put together mailing packets. While I understand that each person has value, I do believe that in some situations the pay structure of 14C should stay in place, especially for the severely disabled. There are many disabled persons that are active and functional. They CAN do skilled labor. HOWEVER, out of our 6 clients in the group home, there were only 2 people capable of that. In our sister location 3 out of 6 could work. We took ALL 6 to work in the day program. This was much needed, even for the 4 that were so severely disabled that productivity for them was at 0%. This was a daily activity for them. This was a way for them to feel normal. A way to get out of the group home and be apart of something. It is absolutely correct that many of these places will shut down, taking away opportunity for the disabled. In many cases, day program workers who are there to assisst the developmentally disabled persons that came in, worked in the same capacity as myself working in a group home: They are there to care for them. They have to change and bathe them in some cases, just like at home. They did just as I did. Sometimes these are not just work programs, these are day care facilities. Also, this hurts the group homes where they live. Example: If the day work program gets shut down because they cannot pay minimum wage, and a company opens up for those that can have some capacity to work and get paid a wage, 2 of those clients could work. 4 of my clients would HAVE to stay home in the group home. The group home has to fund 2 workers to sit with them. This takes funding out of the home. (pay, employee insurance. etc. This is funding that pays bills, weekend activities, pays necessary workers, food etc. This is a problem and can hurt people in the long run. There is so much more, but these are the basics at the top of the list to this.
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I worked in a group home for developmentally disabled persons for a few years in Florida before I moved back home to Los Angeles. The staff would drop off our 6 clients Monday - Friday at a day work program, where they would put together mailing packets. While I understand that each person has value, I do believe that in some situations the pay structure of 14C should stay in place, especially for the severely disabled. There are many disabled persons that are active and functional. They CAN do skilled labor. HOWEVER, out of our 6 clients in the group home, there were only 2 people capable of that. In our sister location 3 out of 6 could work. We took ALL 6 to work in the day program. This was much needed, even for the 4 that were so severely disabled that productivity for them was at 0%. This was a daily activity for them. This was a way for them to feel normal. A way to get out of the group home and be apart of something. It is absolutely correct that many of these places will shut down, taking away opportunity for the disabled. In many cases, day program workers who are there to assisst the developmentally disabled persons that came in, worked in the same capacity as myself working in a group home: They are there to care for them. They have to change and bathe them in some cases, just like at home. They did just as I did. Sometimes these are not just work programs, these are day care facilities. Also, this hurts the group homes where they live. Example: If the day work program gets shut down because they cannot pay minimum wage, and a company opens up for those that can have some capacity to work and get paid a wage, 2 of those clients could work. 4 of my clients would HAVE to stay home in the group home. The group home has to fund 2 workers to sit with them. This takes funding out of the home. (pay, employee insurance. etc. This is funding that pays bills, weekend activities, pays necessary workers, food etc. This is a problem and can hurt people in the long run. There is so much more, but these are the basics at the top of the list to this.
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1990Stephanie2010
Being blind I knew about this already. 70 to 80% of blind people are unemployed of those a large majority of blind people (especially ones that I know have college degrees and are still unemployed or work in sheltered workshops) Im not sure of the exact percentage. Right now I fall in the unemployed with college degrees category, but over the summer I worked at a place called Alphapointe who hires blind and visually impaired people. 70 to 80% of their staff are blind or visually impaired. Other than sheltered workshops these are usually the only places that will hire you if youre blind. Although, there are a few exceptions like Microsoft who will hire you if youre qualified to do the job. Not only do employers not want to hire blind people but when blind people actually do get an interview with the employer theyre usually faced with questions that sighted people are not. For example, lets say that a blind person and a sighted person both apply for a job as a Computer tech. The blind person will get asked questions such as how do you take a part a computer? Or how do you read whats on the screen? And then they will decide based on the answer the blind person gives that theyre not a good fit for the job. Even though the blind person could perform the job just as well as the sighted person they will most likely give the job to the sighted person instead. I suspect its because the employer is more comfortable with the sighted person because they know more about them, but Google exists and it is possible to Google things that you are unsure about and its also possible to ask questions of the person or of other blind or visually impaired people in the same field. Going back to my example, I know a blind guy who builds computers from scratch. And yes it is technically illegal to do this (this is discrimination) under the ADA (Americans With Disabilities Act, but Ive seen this scenario play out over and over again within the blind community especially.
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Being blind I knew about this already. 70 to 80% of blind people are unemployed of those a large majority of blind people (especially ones that I know have college degrees and are still unemployed or work in sheltered workshops) Im not sure of the exact percentage. Right now I fall in the unemployed with college degrees category, but over the summer I worked at a place called Alphapointe who hires blind and visually impaired people. 70 to 80% of their staff are blind or visually impaired. Other than sheltered workshops these are usually the only places that will hire you if youre blind. Although, there are a few exceptions like Microsoft who will hire you if youre qualified to do the job. Not only do employers not want to hire blind people but when blind people actually do get an interview with the employer theyre usually faced with questions that sighted people are not. For example, lets say that a blind person and a sighted person both apply for a job as a Computer tech. The blind person will get asked questions such as how do you take a part a computer? Or how do you read whats on the screen? And then they will decide based on the answer the blind person gives that theyre not a good fit for the job. Even though the blind person could perform the job just as well as the sighted person they will most likely give the job to the sighted person instead. I suspect its because the employer is more comfortable with the sighted person because they know more about them, but Google exists and it is possible to Google things that you are unsure about and its also possible to ask questions of the person or of other blind or visually impaired people in the same field. Going back to my example, I know a blind guy who builds computers from scratch. And yes it is technically illegal to do this (this is discrimination) under the ADA (Americans With Disabilities Act, but Ive seen this scenario play out over and over again within the blind community especially.
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C7icko
This is the first time I've ever had real input on a story you've done, Phil. My grandmother was paid by the state of NY to care for three men in their 60's and 70's who had severe developmental disabilities. She lives in a very rural part of the state but they were part of a sub-wage program. All of them had the intelligence, mentally and emotionally, of a child no more than 4. They'd been in the state system thier entire lives. When she moved them into her home, she had to teach them not to wolf down their dinners or hit each other with forks - that's because, starting at a young age they had to fight off others from their plates if they wanted to eat. She had them for more than a decade before they died. Every weekday a bus came to pick them up and take them to, I guess a 'work shelter' place, where they worked on an assembly line. They made maybe 5dollars a day each. They learned how to knit while they were there They LOVED to knit and did it all the time. The wage they made went directly to the food my gramma cooked for them and thier medications. I don't know how much the state gave my gramma for being a caretaker, but it let her afford lots of wool for knitting and puzzles for them. My mother works in public school teaching ESE children. It's her dream job and she's done it for 15 years. Her classrooms can have a WIDE range of disabilities - a child who cannot form memories sitting across from a child who acts out because he's really smart and really really bored. I understand that someone with disabilities can see subwage as inhumane, but. there are some people whose disabilities are so severe that without these work programs, they'd never leave the house. They ALREADY are unable to live on their own in any capacity. it's just a way for them to get out and make friends like them, and especially important: give their caretakers a little break and some much needed support.
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This is the first time I've ever had real input on a story you've done, Phil. My grandmother was paid by the state of NY to care for three men in their 60's and 70's who had severe developmental disabilities. She lives in a very rural part of the state but they were part of a sub-wage program. All of them had the intelligence, mentally and emotionally, of a child no more than 4. They'd been in the state system thier entire lives. When she moved them into her home, she had to teach them not to wolf down their dinners or hit each other with forks - that's because, starting at a young age they had to fight off others from their plates if they wanted to eat. She had them for more than a decade before they died. Every weekday a bus came to pick them up and take them to, I guess a 'work shelter' place, where they worked on an assembly line. They made maybe 5dollars a day each. They learned how to knit while they were there They LOVED to knit and did it all the time. The wage they made went directly to the food my gramma cooked for them and thier medications. I don't know how much the state gave my gramma for being a caretaker, but it let her afford lots of wool for knitting and puzzles for them. My mother works in public school teaching ESE children. It's her dream job and she's done it for 15 years. Her classrooms can have a WIDE range of disabilities - a child who cannot form memories sitting across from a child who acts out because he's really smart and really really bored. I understand that someone with disabilities can see subwage as inhumane, but. there are some people whose disabilities are so severe that without these work programs, they'd never leave the house. They ALREADY are unable to live on their own in any capacity. it's just a way for them to get out and make friends like them, and especially important: give their caretakers a little break and some much needed support.
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J M
Sounds like they are getting production and making disabled people pay for their own production because for every dollar earned is one dollar Social Security takes away from your social security check. If they are allowed to keep all their social security AND earn money on top of it, then I'd say that's fair. But if they are taking a dollar away for every dollar earned then that's wrong because they are scheming these people out of their social security checks and getting production out of them too. And I feel like if you're making sub minimum wage, you should NOT be taxed on that income either. These work shops should be for disabled people who wouldn't be able to compete in the regular workforce but would like to have more than their social security check pays them. And there should be a minimum wage for the sub minimum wage category that's no less than 4. 25 an hour. That's what regular minimum wage was when i began working back in 1993 when I was in high school. If they wanna pay more for more production then it should be paid above 4. 25 so that all disabled people are able to at least earn that. 4. 25 should be effort pay given to all those who just show up to work, regardless of how much production they produce. Offer more pay (i. e. 5. 25 per hour) for those who produce more so there's incentive for all to be productive when they come to work to really earn that extra dollar more per hour above the 4. 25 bare minimum. Paying these people just a few pennies per hour is disgusting abuse That should be reserved only for inmates in prison. I think they earn like 0. 08 per hour in Federal prison, but that's nobody's fault but their own for breaking the law and being put in prison.
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Sounds like they are getting production and making disabled people pay for their own production because for every dollar earned is one dollar Social Security takes away from your social security check. If they are allowed to keep all their social security AND earn money on top of it, then I'd say that's fair. But if they are taking a dollar away for every dollar earned then that's wrong because they are scheming these people out of their social security checks and getting production out of them too. And I feel like if you're making sub minimum wage, you should NOT be taxed on that income either. These work shops should be for disabled people who wouldn't be able to compete in the regular workforce but would like to have more than their social security check pays them. And there should be a minimum wage for the sub minimum wage category that's no less than 4. 25 an hour. That's what regular minimum wage was when i began working back in 1993 when I was in high school. If they wanna pay more for more production then it should be paid above 4. 25 so that all disabled people are able to at least earn that. 4. 25 should be effort pay given to all those who just show up to work, regardless of how much production they produce. Offer more pay (i. e. 5. 25 per hour) for those who produce more so there's incentive for all to be productive when they come to work to really earn that extra dollar more per hour above the 4. 25 bare minimum. Paying these people just a few pennies per hour is disgusting abuse That should be reserved only for inmates in prison. I think they earn like 0. 08 per hour in Federal prison, but that's nobody's fault but their own for breaking the law and being put in prison.
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Wayne Baylor
Our company facilitates completive and integrated employment opportunities for individuals who are mentally challenged. In the national realm of business and politics people have a tendency to group all individuals that are disabled into one group, which makes it difficult in hiring a person with a disability let alone trying to explain it to an outside company. Our company understands this dilemma and is why our company was formed over 3 years ago. One of our sources of work has been assembling passenger oxygen masks for commercial airlines. Between our parent company COF Training Services, Inc. and us, we have assembled these masks for over 20 years. We just found out that this work will be going away within the year. The product will now be assembled in the Philippines. The unemployment may be low for the general population but very high for people with disabilities. This is why I am writing to you. With the current climate in Washington of talk to eliminate the Fair Standards Act Section 14 (c) program, a person with certain disabilities needs a way to earn a living in a completive market place and being paid an hourly rate will not work. Section 14 (c) is a good program and like any other as long as it is being operated correctly can provide more work for people with certain disabilities to help bring down the unemployment rate for this population. We can provide more work with the combination of hourly and piece rate if allowed to in the same setting. There is much more to this model that we would like to discuss if given a chance. I believe a strong America is a working America and all areas of the population deserves a chance to work. Liked your video.
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Our company facilitates completive and integrated employment opportunities for individuals who are mentally challenged. In the national realm of business and politics people have a tendency to group all individuals that are disabled into one group, which makes it difficult in hiring a person with a disability let alone trying to explain it to an outside company. Our company understands this dilemma and is why our company was formed over 3 years ago. One of our sources of work has been assembling passenger oxygen masks for commercial airlines. Between our parent company COF Training Services, Inc. and us, we have assembled these masks for over 20 years. We just found out that this work will be going away within the year. The product will now be assembled in the Philippines. The unemployment may be low for the general population but very high for people with disabilities. This is why I am writing to you. With the current climate in Washington of talk to eliminate the Fair Standards Act Section 14 (c) program, a person with certain disabilities needs a way to earn a living in a completive market place and being paid an hourly rate will not work. Section 14 (c) is a good program and like any other as long as it is being operated correctly can provide more work for people with certain disabilities to help bring down the unemployment rate for this population. We can provide more work with the combination of hourly and piece rate if allowed to in the same setting. There is much more to this model that we would like to discuss if given a chance. I believe a strong America is a working America and all areas of the population deserves a chance to work. Liked your video.
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