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New bill passes requiring Georgia workers with disabilities to be paid minimum wage
The new law applies to eight organizations that have a federal waiver to pay workers less money, according to Georgia ...
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Georgia is the most swingable state for Democrats. Here’s how they do it.
Among the seven swing states, Georgia stands alone as the only one with a Republican trifecta — its State House, State Senate and Governor’s office have been in red hands for two decades. To change ...
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Ga. advocates applaud bill advancing to ensure disabled workers not paid below minimum wage
The bill passed in the Georgia Senate. During the House committee hearing, several lawmakers voiced their support for the bill.
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New bill passes requiring Georgia workers with disabilities to be paid minimum wage
ATLANTA — A new bill has passed in Georgia on Tuesday which will require people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities to be paid minimum wage after receiving final approval by the ...
FOX 5 Atlanta on MSN15d
Georgia moves closer to phase out subminimum wage for people with disabilities
The "Dignity and Pay Act" would phase out a decades-old program that allows some employers to pay people with disabilities well below the federal minimum wage, with some receiving as little as 22 ...
FOX 5 Atlanta15d
Georgia moves closer to phase out subminimum wage for people with disabilities
Georgia lawmakers are sponsoring a bill to ... that allows employers to pay disabled workers below the federal minimum wage. What is Senate Bill 55, Dignity and Pay Act? ATLANTA - The "Dignity ...
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Reps. Taylor and Cannon work to lower “tort tax”
On Tuesday, March 18, 2025, we and our legislative colleagues returned to the Gold Dome for Legislative Day 32, ready to ...
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Week-long strike by rail workers in Belgium over attacks on pensions after strike over cuts; protests outside cemeteries in Iran commemorating those murdered by police at protests over cost-of-living ...
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Bill to ensure Georgia disabled workers get equal pay passes Senate in near-unanimous sweep
ATLANTA — A bill in the Georgia Senate meant to ensure equitable ... allowing businesses to pay disabled workers below minimum wage. These subminimum wage jobs, as they’re called, are used ...