BrikoX@lemmy.zip to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 16 days agoCompanies can pay disabled people below minimum wage. The Biden admin wants to change that.www.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up185arrow-down1external-linkCompanies can pay disabled people below minimum wage. The Biden admin wants to change that.www.motherjones.comBrikoX@lemmy.zip to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
A proposal from the Department of Labor recommends the end of certificates that allow a subminimum wage for disabled people.
minus-squareFosheze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 days ago but I don’t think that’s a good thing. If we implemented reasonable a UBI then I could actually see eliminating minimum wage laws. There’s not much reason to have a minimum wage if everyone is already guaranteed a minimum income.
If we implemented reasonable a UBI then I could actually see eliminating minimum wage laws. There’s not much reason to have a minimum wage if everyone is already guaranteed a minimum income.