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State Legislation Regarding Wages and Benefits of Home Care Workers: Thirteen Promising Practices

07/24/2007 | Requests *

Summary

Find thirteen examples of state level legislation that improve the wages, collective bargaining rights, or insurance of personal care workers and home health aides. The report also includes graphics illustrating workforce trends and a list of potential best practices that were not passed into law in their respective states.

Author

Wong, Alice; Kaye, H. Stephen; Newcomer, Robert

Available Files

Report Off-site link

Keywords

Caregiving; Human Services; Medicaid; Personal Assistant; Recruitment and Retention; Wages and Benefits; workforce; work force; turnover; Supreme Court; minimum wage; Fair Labor Standards Act; home health aide; collective bargaining;

Topic

Workforce/Direct Care

Type/Tool

Data, Legislation, Links / Websites, Promising practices

Source

Center for Personal Assistance Services

State

Arkansas, District of Columbia, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, Washington, Wyoming, All States/Territories

Date Created

04/24/2008

Contact

Alice Wong
Center for Personal Assistance Services

alice.wong2@ucsf.edu
415-502-7097

Short URL

www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/doc/2224

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