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Senate committee reviews bill to revoke state authority to recommend subminimum wages for people with disabilities
Summary
S.6 would rescind the Vermont Commissioner of Labor's authority to recommend federal certificates permitting subminimum wages for people with disabilities.
S.6 would strip the Vermont Commissioner of Labor of the power to recommend certificates under federal law that allow employers to pay subminimum wages to people with disabilities, a change supporters say would align state code with Vermont's nondiscrimination laws.
The bill's sponsor told the committee the authority exists under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and that Vermont has not in practice requested such certificates. "S.6 is to repeal the authority that the commissioner of labor has right now to recommend a…
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