On December 3, the Department of Labor issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that, if finalized, would eliminate 14(c), a provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act that allows some employers—mostly ...
An employee of the Amistad Nursing and Rehabilitation Center walks with a resident on April 1, 2021. Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune Texas has been violating federal law for decades by ...
The contention is over a federal law that creates a special minimum wage for disabled workers in extreme circumstances. Most of these workers, who generally could not perform in an ordinary workplace, ...
Nearly a third of RRMS patients experiencing PIRA see their disability improve later, reducing their risk of progressing to ...
Last November, I was scrolling mindlessly through my Facebook feed when I saw a post that snapped me to attention. It was a picture of an 18-year-old man named Sam who had just voted—which shouldn’t ...
Colleen Lutkevich and Kim Meehan sit on a bench at the Wrentham Developmental Center, which houses residents that are severely developmentally disabled — including Lutkevich's sister. Meehan's sister ...
The Ontario Ombudsman office’s latest investigation found there is a need for the health ministry and MCCSS to collaborate ...
Nearly half of young people aged 18 to 24 with a severe disability in the European Union left education and training early during 2024, according to a report from Eurostat. The figures showed that ...