Quality Care/Quality Jobs
News about the direct-care workforce |
 Industry Group Will Not Seek Exemption to Health Reform's Employee Coverage Mandate
The American Health Care Association, a leading long-term care industry group, has announced it will not seek an exemption from the Affordable Care Act's requirement that employers provide their workers with health coverage.
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 Efforts Mount to Revise the "Companionship Exemption"
National and state organizations have sent a letter to Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, urging her to issue regulations to narrow the "companionship exemption" of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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 June Webinars
PHI previews two upcoming webinars: one from the Urban Institute on the employability of low-income elders, and one from the California LANE on reducing staff turnover and boosting morale. Read more... |
 National Care Congress to Be Held in July
On July 12, in Washington, DC, a national coalition of workforce advocates, social justice organizations, and senior and disability advocates are launching a national campaign to transform long-term care in the United States. 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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