<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>PHInational.org &#187; FLSA</title>
	<atom:link href="http://phinational.org/tag/flsa/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://phinational.org</link>
	<description>PHI works to improve long-term care -- by improving the jobs of home health aides, certified nurse aides, &#38; personal care attendants.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 17:33:05 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Articles Focus on Home Care Workers&#8217; Wages, Job Quality</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/articles-focus-on-home-care-workers-wages-job-quality/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/articles-focus-on-home-care-workers-wages-job-quality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHI Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PolicyWorks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FLSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home care workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wages]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://phinational.org/?p=15554</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The job quality and wages of home care workers are the focus of recently published articles in LeadingAge Magazine and BrainTrack.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://phinational.org/archives/articles-focus-on-home-care-workers-wages-job-quality/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Women&#8217;s Group Supports Fair Pay for Home Care Workers</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/womens-group-supports-fair-pay-for-home-care-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/womens-group-supports-fair-pay-for-home-care-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 16:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHI Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PolicyWorks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[direct-care workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FLSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://phinational.org/?p=15490</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new report by the Older Women's League expresses support for a proposed revision to the Fair Labor Standards Act that would extend basic wage protections to home care workers.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://phinational.org/archives/womens-group-supports-fair-pay-for-home-care-workers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Home Health Franchises Among Nation&#8217;s Most Profitable, USA Today Reports</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/home-health-franchises-among-nations-most-profitable/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/home-health-franchises-among-nations-most-profitable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 02:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHI Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PolicyWorks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Labor Standards Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FLSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wages]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://phinational.org/?p=15399</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A report shows that home care is one of the five most profitable franchise ventures in the country, yet home care companies continue to fight a proposed federal rule that would extend basic wage protections to home care workers.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://phinational.org/archives/home-health-franchises-among-nations-most-profitable/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>OP-ED: Fair Wages Necessary to Build Home Care Workforce</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/op-ed-fair-wages-necessary-to-build-home-care-workforce/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/op-ed-fair-wages-necessary-to-build-home-care-workforce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 21:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHI Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PolicyWorks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Labor Standards Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FLSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home care workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wages]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://phinational.org/?p=15324</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. cannot build the home care workforce it needs to care for the aging baby-boomer generation unless home care workers are paid fairly, argues an op-ed published in the Orlando Sentinel on April 27.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://phinational.org/archives/op-ed-fair-wages-necessary-to-build-home-care-workforce/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Washington Post Publishes Op-Ed Calling for Fair Pay for Home Care Workers</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/washington-post-publishes-op-ed-calling-for-fair-pay-for-home-care-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/washington-post-publishes-op-ed-calling-for-fair-pay-for-home-care-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHI Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PolicyWorks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Labor Standards Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FLSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home care workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wages]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://phinational.org/?p=15040</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The op-ed, written by PHI President Steven L. Dawson and economist Dean Baker, argues that the exemption of home care workers from federal wage protections is an "issue that affects the welfare of women."]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://phinational.org/archives/washington-post-publishes-op-ed-calling-for-fair-pay-for-home-care-workers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>PODCAST: PHI&#8217;s Edelstein Interviewed on Ohio Radio</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/podcast-phis-edelstein-interviewed-on-ohio-radio/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/podcast-phis-edelstein-interviewed-on-ohio-radio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHI Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PolicyWorks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Labor Standards Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FLSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home care workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wages]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://phinational.org/?p=15034</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Steve Edelstein, PHI national policy director, discusses the background and current status of efforts to extend federal minimum wage and overtime protections to home care workers on the America's Work Force radio program in Ohio.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://phinational.org/archives/podcast-phis-edelstein-interviewed-on-ohio-radio/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
<enclosure url="http://phinational.org/audio/edelstein-awfradio.mp3" length="17308879" type="audio/mpeg" />
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>&#8220;Companionship Exemption&#8221; Comment Period Wraps Up Following House Committee Hearing</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/companionship-exemption-comment-period-wraps-up-following-house-committee-hearing/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/companionship-exemption-comment-period-wraps-up-following-house-committee-hearing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHI Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PolicyWorks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Labor Standards Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FLSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home care workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wages]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://phinational.org/?p=14899</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 10,000 comments on whether home care workers should be extended basic federal minimum wage and overtime protections were registered on the official government website.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://phinational.org/archives/companionship-exemption-comment-period-wraps-up-following-house-committee-hearing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>COMMENTARY: Private-Duty Trade Associations Fund Three Flawed Studies Attacking FLSA Revision</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/commentary-private-duty-trade-associations-fund-three-studies-attacking-flsa-revision/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/commentary-private-duty-trade-associations-fund-three-studies-attacking-flsa-revision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHI Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PolicyWorks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[companionship exemption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Labor Standards Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FLSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wages]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://phinational.org/?p=14836</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During the past two months, private-duty trade associations have produced three different and seriously flawed studies designed to bolster their position that narrowing the overtime exemption would have serious negative consequences for home care companies, clients, and workers.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://phinational.org/archives/commentary-private-duty-trade-associations-fund-three-studies-attacking-flsa-revision/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>PODCAST: Steve Edelstein on the Companionship Exemption</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/podcast-steve-edelstein-on-the-companionship-exemption/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/podcast-steve-edelstein-on-the-companionship-exemption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHI Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PolicyWorks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Labor Standards Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FLSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home care workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wages]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://phinational.org/?p=14747</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Steve Edelstein, PHI national policy director, discusses efforts to extend minimum wage and overtime protections to home care workers and the expected benefits to continuity and quality of care.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://phinational.org/archives/podcast-steve-edelstein-on-the-companionship-exemption/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
<enclosure url="http://phinational.org/audio/steve-edelstein-flsa.mp3" length="6169715" type="audio/mpeg" />
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Newsday Op-Ed Supports Fair Wages for Home Care Workers</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/newsday-op-ed-supports-fair-wages-for-home-care-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/newsday-op-ed-supports-fair-wages-for-home-care-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHI Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PolicyWorks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Labor Standards Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FLSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home care workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wages]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://phinational.org/?p=14781</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[America's undervalued home care workforce deserves to be paid a fair wage, according to an op-ed published in Newsday on March 6.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://phinational.org/archives/newsday-op-ed-supports-fair-wages-for-home-care-workers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

