Georgia lawmakers filed a bill in January to make it illegal to pay persons with disabilities less than their non-disabled colleagues.
According to Senate Bill 55, the Dignity and Pay Act , businesses would be required to phase out payment of subminimum wages to those with disabilities.
The bill would also repeal provisions in the Georgia statutes that create exemptions for the state’s minimum wages for those with disabilities and would require that no employer in Georgia uses a certificate from the U.S. Department of Labor to pay those with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage…