Quality Care/Quality Jobs
News about the direct-care workforce |
 Ending the Companionship Exemption
June 11 marks the fourth anniversary of the Supreme Court decision upholding the "companionship exemption" to the Fair Labor Standards Act, which excludes home care workers from federal minimum wage and overtime protections. Read more... |
 Senator Highlights Direct-Care Workers' Commitment at OAA Hearing
Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) paid tribute to direct-care workers during a May 26 hearing hosted by the Senate Aging Committee on the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act.
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 Connecticut Law Mandates Paid Sick Leave for Service-Sector Workers
Connecticut will become the first state to require service-sector employers to provide paid sick leave for their workers, following an early-morning vote by the state House on June 4.
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 PHI Reports Lessons Learned from 20-Year National Sector Strategy
"Improving Jobs and Care: a National Sector Strategy," a new paper by PHI President Steven Dawson, provides an overview of PHI's work at the intersection of low-wage workforce development and eldercare and disability services. Read more... |
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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