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Key facts on Germany's Werkstätten für behinderte Menschen — who works there, what they earn, what the UN says, and what reform proposals are on the table.
Approximately 283,000 people with disabilities in Germany work in sheltered workshops and earn an average of €233 a month, outside the reach of minimum wage law. A lawsuit and a widely watched TV episode are forcing the issue.
They work in laundries, assembly and packaging, gardening and web design — but earn less than a sixth of the minimum wage. Germany is under pressure to reform a system its national human rights institution says breaches the UN disability convention.
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