@[email protected] to Mildly [email protected]English • 7 months agoGoodwill is out of controllemmy.worldimagemessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up1378
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•7 months agoThey hire disabled people because they can legally pay them less then minimum wage. They aren’t the good guys.
minus-squarecheers_queerslinkfedilinkEnglish6•7 months agopeople on disability are only allowed to make a very small amount of money per month, usually 1000 or less, or they lose their benefits. I’m guessing that’s why
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoBut they still get minimum wage I assume, just schedule fewer hours.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•7 months agonope https://www.npr.org/2020/09/17/912840482/u-s-agency-urges-end-to-below-minimum-wage-for-workers-with-disabilities
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•7 months agoYikes, that sounds terrible. And profitable.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months agoYeah learned about it on Reddit long time ago. It actually legal to pay them so low. Why goodwill hires disabled people.
They hire disabled people because they can legally pay them less then minimum wage. They aren’t the good guys.
How?
people on disability are only allowed to make a very small amount of money per month, usually 1000 or less, or they lose their benefits. I’m guessing that’s why
But they still get minimum wage I assume, just schedule fewer hours.
nope https://www.npr.org/2020/09/17/912840482/u-s-agency-urges-end-to-below-minimum-wage-for-workers-with-disabilities
Yikes, that sounds terrible. And profitable.
Yeah learned about it on Reddit long time ago. It actually legal to pay them so low. Why goodwill hires disabled people.