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Urge Congress to Support the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act
Most people with disabilities want to work, live independently and be economically self-sufficient. Unfortunately, employment for people with disabilities continues to lag significantly compared to those without disabilities. For too many people with disabilities, their only option is to work in segregated settings called “sheltered workshops,” where they are isolated from co-workers without disabilities and the broader society and are legally paid pennies on the dollar under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) recognizes that while the subminimum wage provision (Section 14(c)) must be phased out, it must also include a systematic approach to expand capacity for competitive integrated employment, particularly for people transitioning out of sheltered workshops. The Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (S. 533/H.R. 1263) both phases out subminimum wage and provides grants for technical assistance and funding to help states and 14(c) certificate holders (businesses that are segregated settings and/or pay workers with disabilities subminimum wage) move to a paradigm of more integrated and innovative approaches to disability employment.
Join NDSC and others in calling for the end to the discriminatory and unfair payment of subminimum wages to people with disabilities while increasing opportunities for competitive integrated employment by passing the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act. Please take a few minutes to contact your Senators and Representatives and ask them to cosponsor the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (S. 533/ H.R. 1263). It is time to end subminimum wage responsibly and expand Competitive Integrated Employment!
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