Commensurate wage definition
Commensurate wage means a special minimum wage paid to a worker with a disability.
Commensurate wage means wages paid to a worker with a disability based on the worker's productivity in proportion to the wages and productivity of workers without a disability performing essentially the same work in the same geographic area. Commensurate wages must be based on the prevailing wage paid to experienced workers without disabilities doing the same job.
Commensurate wage means the wage which is proportionate to the prevailing industry wage rate.
More Definitions of Commensurate wage
Commensurate wage means a wage that is proportionate to the prevailing wage paid to similarly experienced workers in the geographic vicinity of the person’s place of employment for essentially the same type of work based on a comparison of the quantity of work produced by the worker with a head injury and a resulting disability with those of work produced by similarly experienced workers. This wage is to be determined by time studies as approved by the New Jersey Department of Labor.
Commensurate wage means a rate of pay which, when paid to a non-handicapped worker performing the same kind and quality of work, would yield to that non-handicapped worker the minimum wage or prevailing wage, whichever is higher. When clients paid a commensurate wage earn less than the minimum or prevailing wage, it is a result of the limitations imposed by their disability.