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Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, a division of the Connecticut Department of Aging and Disability Services, has been awarded a $13.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Rehabilitation Services Administration through its Subminimum Wage to Competitive Integrated Employment project, which is designed to decrease the use of subminimum wages and increase access to competitive integrated employment for individuals with disabilities.

Press Releases 10/31/2022 Governor Lamont Announces Connecticut Receives $13.9 Million Grant To Increase Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals With

Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services, a division of the Iowa Department of Education, was awarded more than $13.8 million through a competitive grant from th

A $13.8 million federal grant has been awarded to North Carolina toward assisting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities access inclusive jobs with competitive wages and benefits.

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Disabled people can be paid as little as $2.54 per hour. Shaun Bickley urges candidates, companies and others to support equal pay for equal work.

/PRNewswire/ -- Continuing a long history of policy leadership in Indiana, The Columbus Organizations Executive State Director, Keith Digman, has recently...

Prof. of Philosophy Panel Info: A legacy of slavery, the subminimum wage for tipped workers forces a mostly female workforce of waitresses, largely in very casual restaurants, to struggle with the highest rates of poverty and sexual harassment of any workforce, because they must tolerate inappropriate customer behavior to feed their families in tips. Join us for a panel discussion with preeminent experts researching gender-based discrimination and violence. Panelist Bios: Saru Jayaraman: As the...

House Democrats are working on details of their graduated plan to raise the U.S. federal minimum wage to $15/hour. Democrats are looking to include the first hike to the federal minimum wage since 2009 in President Biden's coronavirus relief bill. They plan to revise the proposal Tuesday, but it so far includes a quick increase from the current minimum wage of $7.25 to $9.50 within the year. It will then grow annually until hitting $15 in 2025. Meanwhile the tipped minimum wage of $2.50 wil...

Seyfarth Synopsis: As they have each year since 2016, the minimum wage and exempt salary threshold will increase for New York employers effective December 31, 2020. Minimum Wage (2021) In keeping with the gradual increase in the State’s minimum wage levels, the new tiered rates across the State, effective December 31, 2020, are listed below. Although some elected officials have floated the idea of postponing the effective date of these increases in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we expect th...