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	<description>PHI works to improve long-term care -- by improving the jobs of home health aides, certified nurse aides, &#38; personal care attendants.</description>
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		<title>Home Care Industry Can Afford to Pay Workers Fair Wage, PHI Fact Sheet Shows</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/home-care-industry-can-afford-to-pay-workers-fair-wage-phi-fact-sheet-finds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The thriving home care industry brought in roughly $84 billion in revenue in 2009, the last year for which data is available, according to a new PHI fact sheet.]]></description>
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		<title>New Resources Dispel Myths and Clarify the Proposed &#8220;Companionship Exemption&#8221; Rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the midpoint of the 60-day public comment period on the proposed revision to the "companionship exemption," PHI and NELP have published resources clarifying the proposal.]]></description>
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		<title>GUEST COMMENTARY: Fair Wages Result in Lower Turnover and Better Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karen Kulp, president and CEO, Home Care Associates, and PHI board member, explains that paying home care workers minimum wage and overtime is fair and smart.]]></description>
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		<title>Negotiations Between Oregon and Home Care Workers Stall Over Health Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contract negotiations between Oregon and the union representing home care workers there have stalled over a state proposal to substantially raise the eligibility requirements for aides to receive health insurance.]]></description>
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		<title>Care Still Affordable under New Companionship Regs, New PHI Fact Sheet Shows</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/care-still-affordable-under-new-companionship-regs-new-phi-fact-sheet-shows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fact sheet explains that paying home care workers fair wages will not make care unaffordable for consumers and, in fact, could actually lower costs for some employers.]]></description>
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		<title>Comment Period Commences for DOL Proposal to Revise the &#8220;Companionship Exemption&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 27, just days after President Obama announced the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) proposed regulation to revise the "companionship exemption," the 60-day public comment period was launched.]]></description>
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		<title>PHI President Steven Dawson Addresses Business Owners&#8217; Concerns About the DOL&#8217;s Proposed Rule on the Companionship Exemption</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/phi-president-steven-dawson-addresses-business-owners-concerns-about-the-dols-decision-on-the-companionship-exemption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHI President Steven Dawson responds to concerns voiced by owners of home care agencies following the DOL's proposal to give federal minimum wage and overtime protections to home care workers.]]></description>
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		<title>White House Proposes Minimum Wage and Overtime Protections for Home Care Aides</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama announced on December 15 that he intends to guarantee nearly 2 million home care workers basic minimum wage and overtime protections.]]></description>
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		<title>Statement from PHI President Steven L. Dawson on the DOL&#8217;s Proposed Revisions to the Companionship Exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/statement-from-phi-president-steven-l-dawson-on-the-u-s-department-of-labors-proposed-revisions-to-the-companionship-exemption-under-the-fair-labor-standards-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["Narrowing the companionship exemption is a very important first step to preparing America to care," says PHI President Dawson.]]></description>
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		<title>FLSA Companionship Exemption Highlighted in the Press</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Huffington Post and the Mercury News have published articles explaining the companionship exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act.]]></description>
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