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Melwood Endorses Critical Legislation to End the Subminimum Wage for People with Disabilities Share Article Melwood is proud to support the Transformation to Competitive Employment Act (H.R. 2373) introduced by Representatives Bobby Scott and McMorris Rodgers, which seeks to end the Subminimum Wage for People with Disabilities. “For people with disabilities, this is more than a financial issue, it’s a civil rights one,” said Melwood President & CEO, Larysa Kautz. UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (PRWEB) April 13, 2021 Melwood is proud to support the Transformation to Competitive Employment Act (H.R. 2373) introduced by Representatives Bobby Scott and Cathy McMorris Rodgers. The bill will finally end an 83-year-old discriminatory practice allowing employers to pay people with disabilities as little as $2.15 per hour while subjecting them to stressful and demoralizing time trials. ....