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(USGovernment-News.Com, July 13, 2013 ) Tulsa, OK–Tulsa Social Security disability attorneys Steve and Gayle Troutman, partners at the law firm Troutman & Troutman, P.C., are firmly in support of the Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of 2013. The bill was introduced by U.S. Rep. Gregg Harper (R—Miss.) to address the section of a 1938 labor law that enables employers to provide unfair and immoral subminimum wage pay to workers with disabilities. Under the current law, employers can apply for federal waivers to pay disabled employees less than minimum wage, which is allowing some employers to pay disabled workers as little as three cents per hour.
“The fact that this law is still in effect is a travesty,” said Steve A. Troutman of the current law. “First of all, keep in mind we’re asking this of people who have already had to overcome so much more than your average person to just be able to even put in a day’s work. On top of that, some of these disabled workers are being paid, literally, pennies on the dollar in comparison to their co-workers to do the same work. Hopefully, this bill can bring an end to that.”
The bill would require the Secretary of Labor to discontinue the issuance of new special wage certificates and revoke waivers issued within one to three years after their enactment.
Troutman & Troutman, P.C. focuses exclusively on disability law. Steve and Gayle Troutman have been working together to help clients for over 14 years. They each received their law degree from the University of Tulsa. Gayle graduated ranked of 5 out of 199 in 1993, and Steve graduated as Valedictorian of a class of the same size in 1999. He and Gayle have both served as CLE instructors at several Social Security disability seminars as well as adjunct instructors at Tulsa Community College.
For more information about the firm and a free consultation, call (918) 587-0050 or (888) 549-0050. You can also fill out a contact form at http://www.troutmanlaw.com/contact.html.
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