Going on across the country. Theres a federal law that allows employers to pay some workers with disabilities paced on their level of productivity and ability. Some are unable to be competitive due to their disability. Section 14c of the fair lay portion standards act has been amendmented twice since it passed in 1938. The law changed in 1966 to make sure workers with disabilities were paid 50 of the federal minimum wage but in 19 1986, the last time that wage was updated it was removed. 420,000 of the nations 6. 6 Million People with disabilities work in centers that fay special minimum wages under schedule 14c and we will be referring to t to that in the program as 14c. Workers must apply for a permit from the department of labor and the employees must meet certain criteria. Opponents of the law say its exploy take. Supporters say it gives people the opportunity to work that may not have an opportunity work. Most of our community has no idea this is happening. This is very under repo
And ability. Some are unable to be competitive due to their disability. Section 14c of the fair lay portion standards act has been amendmented twice since it passed in 1938. The law changed in 1966 to make sure workers with disabilities were paid 50 of the federal minimum wage but in 19 1986, the last time that wage was updated it was removed. 420,000 of the nations 6. 6 Million People with disabilities work in centers that fay special minimum wages under schedule 14c and we will be referring to t to that in the program as 14c. Workers must apply for a permit from the department of labor and the employees must meet certain criteria. Opponents of the law say its exploy take. Supporters say it gives people the opportunity to work that may not have an opportunity work. Most of our community has no idea this is happening. This is very under reported. Sometimes they are do a job competition. People are ready for work for any age. We have kara clear. She says in our google hang out is big, t
Commissioner . Thank you for come ining and speak on behalf of the rule 115. Are there, and the place that we and the people can see in the website. Yes, it is on the dhr website. And can you, give us the contact information, and i mean, like a telephone number and the website . Okay. Yeah. And maybe they will do it slowly. Okay. The website is sfgov. Org back slash, dhr. Like donna. H, like harry and r like roland. Okay. Got it. The department of human resources. Correct. And then you are going to have to go to up in the righthand corner, there is something that says highlights and you can see new job postings for the week but also on that page you will be able to scroll down to see all of the job postings. Okay, great. And can i get your Office Phone Number . Yeah the office, or do you have a Business Card . I do. And i have my Business Card with all of it. Okay, thank you. And eds as well. Okay. For the chair, i have a question, councilman wong were you asking specifically how could
Temperatures. 50s on the way tonight and even record lows. Well talk about that and when the heat and humidity returns. Wait until you see the secret code that might help you get better deals and lower prices in hundreds of stores. All right, a lot on our plate tonight. Good evening. Im derek mcginty. He is the outgoing mayor but tonight hes make a lot of changes before he goes. Mayor gray is cleaning up the river. How will it affect you . Reporter the styrofoam band mayor gray will go into effect until 2016. Is it appropriate Regulatory Oversight or government run amuck. Its a pictureperfect night, folks fishing, kayaking. But tucked away on the banks of the anaccostia, are the reasons mayor gray siepd the measure. Styrofoam cups that break away and get into the stream. I hope people get away to use their ceramic mugs and they carry their coffee that way. Ultimately, i think the market will find a way for consumers to get their products and in a way that wont negatively impact the env
Support of the employment and it is an Excellent Program and i actually sent donna and ed the video on the program. And so, there are wonderful programs out there and so i hope that we can move toward that and i feel light and we can keep it moving for ward and i hope that we dont get bogged down with the task force and i want us to keep moving and hopefully we can get the placements and thank you to the library for really coming up to the plate. And i am happy about that. Thank you so much. Any questions from the Council Members . I just have one quick question and that was the actual name of the seattle based organization, if you didnt know of it, that would be great to know. Actually it is through the city and so what they did is they, they hired a person who is in their Hr Department, who is the point person, who deals with all of the agencies, she works with all of the local nonprofits and she is the one that helps screen and is the gobetween with the nonprofits and all of the cit