National attention has recently been given to whether the federal minimum wage should be raised to $15/hour. But few may be aware that, since 1938, some employers (primarily sheltered workshops), including those in California, have been allowed to pay employees with disabilities far less than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. SB 639 (Durazo), co-sponsored by Disability Rights California and the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, would phase out sheltered workshops and end the practice of paying people with disabilities less than the California minimum wage.