Advocates Concerned About Workers with Disabilities Earning Below Minimum Wage

Judy Woodruff:

Section 14(c) of President Franklin Roosevelt's Fair Labor Standards Act made it legal to pay workers with disabilities less than the federal minimum. It was designed to help wounded war veterans get access to jobs.

There are now some 42,000 people in 14(c) work nationwide. The average hourly wage of a person working in the program is $4.15, but more than half earn less than $3.50.

Kevin Marschel, Father of Erik Marschel: It was strange because we'd get these little checks for 14 cents, 15 cents, things like that, and I'm going, oh, what is he doing exactly here?