Rumor: The federal government supplements some refugee salaries
Posted by Ann Corcoran on August 12, 2010
A reader sent me this e-mail yesterday, and I don’t know the answer. Maybe one of you do.
[Recently] I got a call from someone who had a small business some years back. He told me a refugee approached him for a job at that time and said he (the refugee) could work for $4.00 an hour as the federal govt would kick in the rest up to the minumum wage.
This is something I have heard for years – and it seems Tyson worked something with Clinton, but I never heard specifics on it other than claims such as the one above.
If you know if this is true or not, please let us know. Either comment directly to this post or e-mail me privately at the address in the right hand column.
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TonyLee said
Thanks Fred; that helps; But was/is there such a program specifically for refugees? I have heard of it so often I have got to believe it is true, but have not been able to confirm.
I know, I know let’s check SNOPES! just kidding!
fred said
The government used to have a program to help farm workers find “off season” employment with local manufacturers. And they would pay part of the workers salary as an incentive to get the company to hire them. So I’d say it’s probably true.