Quality Care/Quality Jobs
News about the direct-care workforce |
 Three Years After Supreme Court Coke Decision
June 11 is the third anniversary of the Supreme Court decision Evelyn
Coke vs. Long Island Care at Home, which ruled that
the Labor Department could continue to exclude home care aides from wage
and hour protections. Read more and comment |
 Two-Thirds of States Lack Public Matching Services Registries
A national survey conducted by PHI found that 28 states have no public service for matching independent direct-care providers with consumers. Read more and comment |
 NY State Senate Passes Workers' Rights Bill
The New York State Senate passed a Domestic Worker Bill of Rights that
would guarantee certain workforce protections to thousands of
workers who are employed as nannies, housekeepers, or companions to the
elderly. Read more and comment |
 Pioneer Network's "Early Bird" Conference Rate to Expire
Prospective attendees have less than a week to take advantage of the Pioneer Network's extended "early bird" registration
rate for its 10th National Conference of Culture Change. Read more and comment |
 Direct-Care Workforce in the News
In the last several weeks, PHI and some of its close allies were
featured in media stories about the direct-care workforce.
Read more and comment |
Deane Beebe, Director of Public Education and Media Relations
dbeebe@phinational.org718.928.2033 PHI works to improve the
lives of people who need home and residential care-and the lives of the workers
who provide that care. Our goal is to ensure caring, stable relationships
between consumers and workers, so that both may live with dignity, respect, and
independence.
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