AbilityOne seeks to end minimum wage exception for disabled workers at nonprofit contractors

Published: Oct. 27, 2021, 12:01 p.m.

b'The AbilityOne program has long connected federal contracting requirements to people with disabilities. Nonprofit contractors employing these folks have not been bound to pay minimum wages. Many employees have in fact consistently received sub-minimum wages for helping produce everything from office furniture to airplane engine parts. Now AbilityOne has proposed a rule to end sub-minimum wages for AbilityOne suppliers who want to keep their federal contracts. For one reaction, the President and CEO of Melwood Larysa Kautz spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'