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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Yea! Thanks to ABLE and others here in SC who worked hard to get this passed for SC!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>The National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina now has our own podcast. Using your favorite podcast platform, just search for National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina. If you have suggestions for the podcast, please send Steve Cook a message at <a href="mailto:cookcafe@sc.rr.com">cookcafe@sc.rr.com</a> or call/Text at 803 260 1292. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Steve Cook<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>District 2 State Board Member of the National Federation of the Blind of SC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>President of the Computer Science & Technology Division of the National Federation of the Blind of SC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1<sup>st</sup> Vice President of the Columbia chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of SC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Able South Carolina <info@able-sc.org> <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 25, 2022 10:21 AM<br><b>To:</b> cookcafe@sc.rr.com<br><b>Subject:</b> SIGNED INTO LAW! Subminimum wage ending in SC!<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><span style='font-size:1.0pt;color:white'>South Carolina becomes third in the southeast to end subminimum wage, new law also promotes disability inclusion in the workforce ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:1.0pt'><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/msv5/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" alt="Web Bug from https://default.salsalabs.org/Xac845958-66da-42c1-bafe-8417f198a17a/ff31abd8-4c06-4833-9a78-177bcc7ad1ea" /></span><span style='font-size:1.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#666666;border-collapse:collapse' id=sli-background><tr id="id_5c777a8d-061d-45bc-9732-91c7a1e5bc71"><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' id=sli><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse' id="id_550e5e42-067e-46e5-a1aa-8e4adddda135"><tr style='overflow:auto'><td width=800 style='width:600.0pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;overflow-x:auto'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:600.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' id="id_b5d91fab-3d7e-44a2-bced-9205201e1b6b"><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=800 valign=top style='width:600.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='max-width:600.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'><img border=0 width=124 height=63 style='width:1.2916in;height:.6562in' id="_x0000_i1037" src="https://default.salsalabs.org/api/organization/39e68b1f-b0a5-455c-93b4-444f55f1a03c/logo/data" alt="Able South Carolina"></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr id="id_939fb767-dd80-4a51-aa8b-3e54ea1d1e10"><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;overflow:auto'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse' id="id_b0437df0-f6d3-4870-882a-4349f18faaae"><tr style='overflow:auto'><td width=800 valign=top style='width:600.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;overflow-x:auto'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='max-width:600.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;overflow:hidden'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' id="id_c5bf1dea-9f92-4154-b3f5-1b1962b2e8ea"><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'><img border=0 width=800 height=800 style='width:8.3333in;height:8.3333in' id="_x0000_i1036" src="https://default.salsalabs.org/ac845958-66da-42c1-bafe-8417f198a17a/041d2972-acf6-49a6-8522-c8666b8c68c5.png" alt="Light blue graphic with large teal text that copies the first sentence of the post. Illustration of a large group of people with diverse skin tones and disabilities stand and sit cheering, holding signs with the Hire Me SC logo, Able SC logo, and reading, 'Inclusive Employment for all!.'"></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='display:table-row'><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;display:table-cell' id="id_86393ca8-55ee-4075-afef-cdc255882f9b"><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;display:table'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'>On May 23, 2022 <a href="https://default.salsalabs.org/T371afa4d-53dc-4c95-ac1e-c004d7b086bd/ff31abd8-4c06-4833-9a78-177bcc7ad1ea" target="_top"><span style='color:#073763'>(S.533)</span></a>, a bill to end subminimum wage in South Carolina, was signed into law by Governor Henry McMaster following years of grassroots advocacy.<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> South Carolina has become the third state in the Southeast and the twelfth in the nation to pass legislation, breaking from federal law by ending subminimum wage.</span></strong></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'>Part of the bill’s successful passage included an amendment to combine S.533 with the Employment First Initiative Act (<a href="https://default.salsalabs.org/Tf3567264-917f-445c-b8e1-1714187a9afd/ff31abd8-4c06-4833-9a78-177bcc7ad1ea" target="_top"><span style='color:#073763'> H.3244)</span></a>. “Currently, South Carolina has one of the highest unemployment rates for people with disabilities. Dated policies and lack of coordination have withheld opportunities for individuals with disabilities to succeed in the workforce.  The Employment First Initiative Act will help our state agencies become model employers by changing policies and procedures and increasing collaboration. <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Combining the Employment First Initiative Act with the bill to end subminimum wage promotes inclusive employment for individuals with disabilities in South Carolina</span></strong>,” says Kimberly Tissot,  president, and CEO of the disability non-profit <a href="https://default.salsalabs.org/T1bfc50ee-8c39-41fe-9936-8eb22171f5f8/ff31abd8-4c06-4833-9a78-177bcc7ad1ea" target="_top"><span style='color:#073763'>Able South Carolina</span></a>.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'>South Carolina’s bill prioritizes the stability of individuals with disabilities who are currently subject to subminimum wage by developing a task force to create a <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>two-year transition plan to phase out subminimum wage by August 1, 2024</span></strong>, ensuring that those currently working under subminimum wage can successfully transition to other types of employment. In 2021, 1,800 people with disabilities were recorded as making less than the minimum wage in South Carolina, through these programs.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'>In reaction to the bill’s passage, Tissot shared,<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> “Ending subminimum wage is finally employment justice for people with disabilities!</span></strong> We are thrilled by the result, ensuring that people with disabilities are valued and equal members of South Carolina’s competitive workforce. We applaud the leadership of Senator Katrina Shealy, Senator Tom Davis, Representative Neal Collins, and Representative Bill Sandifer for ensuring overwhelming support in the General Assembly.<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></strong>We commend South Carolina’s lawmakers for supporting the rights of the 1,216,011 people with disabilities in our state.<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> Today marks a new future for people with disabilities in South Carolina.”</span></strong></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'>S.533 was continuously supported by disability-led and supported organizations in South Carolina, including Able South Carolina, Disability Rights South Carolina, The Association of People Supporting Employment First, Winthrop Think College, Thrive Upstate, The Charles Lea Center, College of Charleston Reach Program, South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation, U of SC Carolina LIFE, U of SC College of Education, Family Connection of SC, Coastal Carolina LIFE, SOS Care, SC Commission for the Blind, SC Developmental Disabilities Council, and The Arc of South Carolina.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt' id="id_ad4f6339-216b-41d6-beee-cca8de08578b"><div><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'>Share This<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="0%" style='border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;display:table'><tr style='display:table-row'><td valign=top style='padding:0in 3.75pt 0in 3.75pt;display:table-cell'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fablesouthcarolina.salsalabs.org%2Fs533signedintolaw" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:22.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#073763;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=32 height=32 style='width:.3333in;height:.3333in' id="_x0000_i1035" src="https://ablesouthcarolina.salsalabs.org/public/images/icons/medium-auto_facebook2.png"></span></a><span style='font-size:22.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 3.75pt 0in 3.75pt;display:table-cell'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fablesouthcarolina.salsalabs.org%2Fs533signedintolaw" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:22.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#073763;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=32 height=32 style='width:.3333in;height:.3333in' id="_x0000_i1034" src="https://ablesouthcarolina.salsalabs.org/public/images/icons/medium-auto_twitter2.png"></span></a><span style='font-size:22.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 3.75pt 0in 3.75pt;display:table-cell'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/find/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fablesouthcarolina.salsalabs.org%2Fs533signedintolaw" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:22.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#073763;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=32 height=32 style='width:.3333in;height:.3333in' id="_x0000_i1033" src="https://ablesouthcarolina.salsalabs.org/public/images/icons/mediu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