Here are the regs for employment of workers with disabilities. I didn't realize this existed..
http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs39.pdf On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Aaron Mann <aman...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, you've got to look at it from the employers point of view. Minimum > wage is $7.25/hr. That is for one hour of 100% of the expected work at > 100% efficiency. Say you have a cognitive disability that prevents you > from being able to reach 100/100, you can only perform 50% of the expected > work within an hour at 80% efficiency. The employer should be able to say, > OK, I'll hire you for $4/hr for 20 hours a week. To me, this is MUCH > better than saying, No, you're not hire able because you will never meet > the standard bar. > > > Make sense? > > > Aaron Mann > > > On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 1:10 PM, RONALD L PRACHT > <r.pra...@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > >> Ive had job offers at the police academy and the organization I swim for. >> When I asked how much they pay I was told just come in and start and we >> will discuss it. Somehow I remember that never being the case b4 I was >> disabled. I was always told a starting wage when I was a walking man. Even >> sears offered me a job without discussion of pay. Oh well it is what it is. >> >> Ron >> >> *From:* Todd Daugherty <todd.daughe...@gmail.com> >> *To:* quad list <quad-list@eskimo.com> >> *Sent:* Thursday, November 21, 2013 11:02 AM >> *Subject:* [QUAD-L] Not so Goodwill >> >> >> http://www.upworthy.com/words-like-good-and-will-dont-belong-together-if-this-is-the-kind-of-thing-they-do-5 >> >> >> >
