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The Logan County Board of Developmental Disabilities reviewed at their recent meeting the Disability Rights Ohio decision in Seneca County, which Superintendent Saul Bauer explained could have an impact on sheltered workshops.
In an opinion issued by the administrative law judge from the U.S. Department of Labor, three Seneca County clients have been awarded minimum wage going forward, and back pay from Seneca Re-Ad, a sheltered workshop run by the Seneca County Board of Developmental Disabilities.
“The opinion highlights that each of our clients bring valuable employment skills to the Seneca Re-Ad facility, and their value as workers should be respected,” DRO attorney Barbara Corner said in a statement. “People with disabilities are full and equal members of society and should be paid fairly.”
Superintendent Bauer said there are clients served by the Logan County Board of Disabilities who make above minimum wage and individuals who make below minimum wage based on their productivity.
The individuals who are at the upper spectrum of pay are working on skills to assist them in being gainfully employed in the community.
“That is our goal whenever possible. Not all of the individuals we serve are at the same level,” Mr. Bauer said.
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