Federal law has allowed some employers to pay disabled workers well below the federal minimum wage. Some states are trying to move away from the practice.
Since 1938, when Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, federal law has allowed some employers to pay people considered less productive because of a physical or mental disability well below the federal minimum wage. While the law was originally intended to provide opportunities for those with little access to work, policymakers in a growing number of states are trying to move away from the practice.
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