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> Likewise, Northwest Center employees and those it places with Amazon are paid at least minimum wage. (Seattle closed a loophole in its minimum wage law that a

> Likewise, Northwest Center employees and those it places with Amazon are paid at least minimum wage. (Seattle closed a loophole in its minimum wage law that allowed employers to pay people with a disability a sub-minimum wage and recovered back wages from Northwest Center in 2018. This was mentioned and it is implied that amazon is not paying these employees less > employees placed at Amazon by Northwest Center chalked up a productivity rate that was 98 percent of the average while achieving 37 percent better quality work than the general population, and with a perfect safety record, compared with a 1.1 percent warehouse incident rate. They also had better attendance. This sounds like a pretty big win Disclaimer: I am a former amazon employee

joker3 8y ago
If they don't come out and say that Amazon's not paying these employees a lower wage, then I'm not going to place a lot of faith in any implication.
- bobthepanda 8y ago
  Direct quotes from the article, emphasis mine: > “I’m grateful to actually have gotten a job,” Howard said during a work break. “It’s just part time, but even still, it’s a good job. … I’m making above minimum wage.” > Likewise, Northwest Center employees and those it places with Amazon are paid at least minimum wage. (Seattle closed a loophole in its minimum wage law that allowed employers to pay people with a disability a sub-minimum wage and recovered back wages from Northwest Center in 2018. Washington and many other states still allow minimum wage waivers.)
  - atdrummond 8y ago
    So I wasn't intending to imply any specifics about Amazon's wage situation. That said, when I read that article, I assumed this referred to the federal minimum wage for sheltered workshop employees (which is a few dollars) rather than Seattle's minimum wage or the federal minimum of $10.35/hour. The latter wage is more important as the NC has claimed its workers are contractors and therefore only federal disability and wage laws apply.

joker3 8y ago

If they don't come out and say that Amazon's not paying these employees a lower wage, then I'm not going to place a lot of faith in any implication.

bobthepanda 8y ago
Direct quotes from the article, emphasis mine: > “I’m grateful to actually have gotten a job,” Howard said during a work break. “It’s just part time, but even still, it’s a good job. … I’m making above minimum wage.” > Likewise, Northwest Center employees and those it places with Amazon are paid at least minimum wage. (Seattle closed a loophole in its minimum wage law that allowed employers to pay people with a disability a sub-minimum wage and recovered back wages from Northwest Center in 2018. Washington and many other states still allow minimum wage waivers.)
- atdrummond 8y ago
  So I wasn't intending to imply any specifics about Amazon's wage situation. That said, when I read that article, I assumed this referred to the federal minimum wage for sheltered workshop employees (which is a few dollars) rather than Seattle's minimum wage or the federal minimum of $10.35/hour. The latter wage is more important as the NC has claimed its workers are contractors and therefore only federal disability and wage laws apply.