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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>USCCR Public Briefing - Subminimum Wages: Impacts on the Rights of People With Disabilities by USCCR<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXxUmnFH85a<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>U.S. Commission on Civil Rights<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Planned Public Briefings for Fiscal Years 2020 & 2021As approvedJuly 19, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Fiscal Year2020 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Subminimum Wages for People withDisabilities<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The Commission will undertake an examination of the payment of sub-minimum wages to people with disabilities under a special certificate program administered by theDepartment of Labor. The Commission will investigate the civil rights implications of paying people less than minimum wage based on their disability status and the oversight of this program by theDepartments of Labor and Justice. Reports have indicated at least some of these employees earn extremely low wages, do not gain marketable skills,and are not assisted to transition to competitive employment. Some states have outlawed payment of wages below minimum wage and fully transitioned away from this model of employment services. The Department of Justice has found state systems supporting these programs may violate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>the Americans with Disabilities Act when they do not serve people with disabilities in the most integrated setting appropriate. The Commission unanimously selected this project.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>###<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, established by the Civil Rights Act of 1957, is the only independent, bipartisan agency charged with advising the President andCongress on civil rights and reporting annually on federal civil rights enforcement. Our 51 state AdvisoryCommittees offer a broad perspective on civil rights concerns at state and local levels. TheCommission: in our 7thdecade,a continuing legacy of influence in civil rights. For informationabout the Commission, please visit <a href="http://www.usccr.gov">www.usccr.gov</a> and follow us on Twitter and Facebook.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Joy Breslauer, First Vice President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>National Federation of the Blind of Montana <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Web Site: <a href="http://www.nfbofmt.org/">http://www.nfbofmt.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Live the life you want</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>