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Paying the Disabled Less Than Minimum Wage–Legal in the U.S.–Roils Britain
A cabinet minister in Britain is begging for forgiveness after he suggested that disabled people could be paid less than the minimum wage. The idea was "foolish and offensive," Welfare Minister David Freud said after his comment sparked demands for his resignation.
On the other side of the Atlantic, though, sub-minimum wages for the disabled are widespread. The National Council on Disability, a U.S. government advisory body, says that about 420,000 disabled workers are being paid less than the current $7.25 federal minimum wage. The practice is allowed under a 76-year-old federal program that neither the Obama administration nor Congress seems in a hurry to change.
By Carol Matlack
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