Tell Labor Department to Adopt Home Care Worker Rule
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In December, the Obama administration proposed a new rule to bring the nation’s nearly 2 million home care workers under the protection of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA’s) minimum wage, overtime and other provisions.
But opponents who want to continue to deny these rights to home care workers are mounting a campaign to derail the proposed rule. With the public comment period now open, they are flooding the Department of Labor with negative comments and a barrage of lies, and their congressional friends are backing a bill (H.R. 3066) that attacks the proposed rule.
You can help these hardworking home care workers by clicking here to tell the Department of Labor to adopt the new FLSA rule for home care workers and here to send a message to your lawmakers urging them to oppose the bill.
Home care workers provide back-breaking personal care assistance to many older adults and individuals with disabilities. When President Obama announced the proposed rule, AFSCME President Gerald McEntee said: Read the rest of this entry »
