Can someone answer my question about the minimum-wage hike?

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121. having worked in human services

In a previous lifetime or so ago I ran programs for dually diagnosed MR/MH... mostly residential but also ran a voc program. Some of my residential people worked in factories doing piece work and we were thankful they opened up their facilities. I'd sometimes drop at voc programs to know what was going on for each person and coordinate with voc staff.

No employer is going to pay full minimum wage, even as low as it is, to someone who is capable of only doing 10-20-30% of the work an able bodied person can perform. Pay was based on output as the law requires

Subminimum wages must be commensurate wage rates - based on the worker's individual productivity, no matter how limited, in proportion to the wage and productivity of experienced workers who do not have disabilities performing essentially the same type, quality, and quantity of work in the geographic area from which the labor force of the community is drawn.

https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs39.htm

Businesses aren't charities and any law that mandates an unrealistic wage and these voc programs will dry up.