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J.B. Pritzker signed into law Tuesday the Dignity in Pay Act, which implements a 5-year plan to phase out subminimum wage authorizations in Illinois for people with disabilities.
When the subminimum wage was first enacted in 1938 under the Fair Labor Standards Act, it was aimed at helping people with disabilities, particularly wounded veterans, find work. Today, about 700 ...
Three people with disablities have died in the L.A. wildfires. Advocates say disabled people are more likely to die in disasters because of poor planning.
People with disabilities in the United States are a significant minority group, making up a fifth of the overall population and over half of Americans older than eighty. [1] [2] There is a complex history underlying the U.S. and its relationship with its disabled population, with great progress being made in the last century to improve the livelihood of disabled citizens through legislation ...
Employers and managers are often concerned about the potential cost associated with providing accommodations to employees with disabilities. [2] However, many accommodations, such as moving an employee to a different desk or changing the work schedule, do not have any direct cash costs (56% in a survey of employers conducted by JAN [3]), and most others have only one-time costs (e.g., to buy a ...
Wendy Lu: Lu is a senior staff editor at the New York Times and a reporter covering the intersection of disability, politics and culture. She has spoken around the globe on disability representation in the media. In December 2021, she was recognized as one of the Forbes "30 Under 30" in part for her work "on the disabilities beat." [3]
There’s work underway to harness technology and artificial intelligence, or AI, to help share information with people with disabilities, she said. But there’s also a need to draw on the ...
According to the UN, individuals with disabilities are more likely to lose their jobs as a result of the pandemic and face more difficulty returning to work during the recovery period. [2] Individuals with long-term effects of COVID, such as chronic fatigue , may also face employment challenges.