Depression-era program to be phased out

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U.S. looks to end subminimum wage for workers with disabilities

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The Department of Labor is proposing to phase out a Depression-era program that lets some employers pay disabled workers less than the federal minimum wage.

The program was intended to help those with disabilities gain employment.

About 40,000 American workers currently laboring for half the minimum wage or less.

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