DOL Issues Landmark Decision in Ohio Ordering Fair Pay From Sheltered Workshop

  The original petition was filed by Disability Rights Ohio (DRO), the National Federation of the Blind, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, and the Baltimore law firm of Brown, Goldstein& Levy, LLP.

 This case arises under Section 214(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“Act”), 29 U.S.C. §214(c).  The administrative law judge found that the petitioners’ disabilities did not keep them from accomplishing their work and that their wages were not calculated correctly.

According to a recent article by Disability Rights Ohio, a precedent-setting opinion was issued by an administrative law judge from the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), in favor of three people who have been awarded minimum wage going forward and back pay from an Ohio based provider of a sheltered workshop.  The original petition was filed by Disability Rights Ohio (DRO), the National Federation of the Blind, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, and the Baltimore law firm of Brown, Goldstein& Levy, LLP.

This case arises under Section 214(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“Act”), 29 U.S.C. §214(c).  The administrative law judge found that the petitioners’ disabilities did not keep them from accomplishing their work and that their wages were not calculated correctly.