Quality Care/Quality Jobs
News about the direct-care workforce |
 DOL Soliciting Public Input on Companionship Exemption
Next week, the Department of Labor will conduct two "listening sessions" regarding the companionship exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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 CLASS Act at Risk of Repeal, Would Eliminate PCA Workforce Panel
A group of bipartisan senators known as the "Gang of Six" have advanced a budget proposal that would repeal the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act.
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 EWA and NELP Seek Swift Reinterpretation of the Companionship Exemption
The Eldercare Workforce Alliance sent a letter to the Department of Labor on July 15, urging it to reinterpret the companionship exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act. Read more... |
 Tennesseans Sue State Over Home Care Cuts
Several dozen Tennesseans with disabilities sued the state's Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities for eliminating funding for critical home care and personal assistance services. Read more... |
 Pioneer Network National Conference Coming Soon
The Pioneer Network's annual conference will take place August 1-4 in St. Charles, Missouri, and will feature several sessions led by PHI experts.
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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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