State Disability News Highlights for Period ending 12/11/2015
Lead Story: Ohio
Ralph (Joe) Magers, Pamela Steward, and Mark Felton produce floor samples for Seneca Re-Ad Industries, an Ohio-based sheltered workshop for workers with disabilities. Their job responsibilities include cutting floor tiles, printing labels, punching holes through tile pieces, chaining tile pieces together and packaging. For their efforts, they are paid $2.50 an hour. The Seneca County Board of Developmental Disabilities, which operates Seneca Re-Ad, argues these wages are legal because it is the holder of a special certificate from the Department of Labor. This certificate ...