The Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act amends federal law to expand the circumstances under which employers can pay workers with disabilities below the minimum wage. Currently, federal law allows this practice only for workers under age 24 who have not received proper counseling about job alternatives. This bill lowers the age limit to 18 and changes the requirement so that employers can pay subminimum wages if the individual actively chooses to accept such employment, rather than making it contingent on lack of available counseling. The bill also creates an exception allowing employers to pay subminimum wages if they document attempts to contact state vocational rehabilitation agencies for counseling but those agencies fail to respond. The changes take effect upon the bill's enactment and apply to all future employment arrangements covered by the law.
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