The Living Wage For All Act would reform the federal minimum wage by tying it to the national median wage and phasing out special lower wages for workers with disabilities. Under the bill, the federal minimum wage would gradually increase to reach two-thirds of the median hourly wage and then automatically adjust each year to maintain that ratio, with the Secretary of Labor announcing adjustments ninety days before they take effect. Simultaneously, the subminimum wage currently allowed for workers with disabilities would be eliminated over time, starting at five dollars per hour and increasing by up to one dollar seventy-five annually until workers with disabilities earn the standard minimum wage, while employers would be prohibited from obtaining new special wage certificates and the Department of Labor would provide assistance to help existing certificate holders transition to standard pay. The bill would take effect on January 1st of the first calendar year following its enactment into law.
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