Department of Labor Issues First-of-Its-Kind Decision against Ohio Sheltered Workshop

Earlier this month, an administrative law judge representing the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) found a sheltered workshop, operated by Seneca County Board of Developmental Disabilities in the State of Ohio, in violation of federal laws pertaining to wage and hour. The DOL found that the sheltered workshop was inappropriately paying several of its employees with disabilities sub-minimum wage absent the appropriate parameters to do so.