Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act

Key Points

• This bill changes the rules for how companies pay workers with disabilities. It focuses on subminimum wage, which is a pay rate lower than the standard federal minimum wage.
• The plan allows adults 18 and older to choose to work for these lower wages if they want to. Right now, there are more rules and limits on using this pay rate for younger workers.
• It also helps businesses if the state government fails to provide required career counseling. If the state does not provide help after the business asks multiple times, the business can still hire the person at the lower rate.
• Supporters say this gives people with disabilities more choices in where they work. They believe it helps people find jobs in specialized centers that might not be able to pay the full minimum wage.
• Critics often worry that subminimum wages keep people with disabilities in poverty. They usually prefer policies that help these workers get jobs that pay the same as everyone else.

Impact Analysis

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