Bottom Dollars
Directed by Jordan Melograna
55 Min | English | US | 2016 | Documentary
multiple disabilities,employment,money,social issues,disabilities,homeless,jobs | Feature | Open Captions | Audio Description
Producer: David Carlson, Jordan Melograna, Tina Pinedo, & Mark Stroh
Business, Disability Rights, Employment, Finance, Social issues
The 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act created the revolutionary workers’ rights protection: the minimum wage. Yet as the film uncovers, Section 14(c) still provides a terrible and abusive exemption that allows employers to pay “special minimum wages”—wages less than the Federal minimum wage—“to workers who have disabilities.”
Disabilities featured:
Hearing Loss and Deafness, Intellectual Disability, Learning Disability, Mental Health, Multiple Disabilities, Physical Disability, Speech and Language Disorders, Vision Loss and Blindness
