[rehab] Competitive Employment at a Sheltered Workshop

[Dick Davis]

Only if the person is not a production worker, ie. management, purchasing,
sales, etc.
Dick Davis

On Nov 15, 2017 2:02 AM, "Justin Salisbury via rehab" <rehab at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Aloha Colleagues,
>
> I recently heard a rehab counselor report that his consumer had been
> placed in competitive employment at a place that is a subminimum-wage
> sheltered workshop. My understanding is that he is not being paid
> subminimum wages, but I have a hard time believing that his job could count
> as a competitive employment job when he's at a sheltered workshop.
>
> Can anyone here explain to me: is it possible to be competitively employed
> at a sheltered workshop?
>
> Mahalo,
>
> Justin
>
> Justin M. Salisbury, MA, NOMC, NCRTB, NCUEB
> Legislative Committee Chair
> Honolulu Chapter
> National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii
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> "Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate
> the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who
> feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore."
>
> Cesar Chavez
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