The direct-care workforce is expected to add 1.6 million new jobs to the economy, yet job quality continues to worsen.
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PRESS RELEASE: Direct-Care Workforce Projected to be Nation’s Largest by 2020, New PHI Analysis Finds, May 10, 2012
Posted on 10 May 2012.
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PRESS RELEASE: Extending Home Care Workers Federal Labor Protections Will Ensure Access to Affordable, Quality Home and Community-Based Care, March 20, 2012
Posted on 20 March 2012.
PHI’s analyses find that the home care industry’s “companionship exemption” studies are seriously flawed.
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PRESS RELEASE: New PHI Analysis Reveals Thriving Home Care Industry, Refutes Industry Claims that Revised “Companionship Exemption” Proposal Would Be Unaffordable, February 14, 2012
Posted on 14 February 2012.
“Involuntary” part-time work is the real problem plaguing the home care workforce.
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PRESS BRIEFING TELECONFERENCE (RECORDING): U.S. Department of Labor’s Proposal to End the Exclusion of 2 Million Home Care Workers from Minimum Wage and Overtime Protections — December 16, 2011
Posted on 16 December 2011.
Listen to a teleconference, recorded on December 19, to learn more about the recent DOL announcement regarding the companionship exemption, and what it means to home care workers, providers, and people who receive home care.
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Statement from PHI President Steven L. Dawson on the DOL’s Proposed Revisions to the Companionship Exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act
Posted on 15 December 2011.
“Narrowing the companionship exemption is a very important first step to preparing America to care,” says PHI President Dawson.
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PRESS RELEASE: New PHI Report Provides Comprehensive Analysis of Home Care and Personal Assistance Workforce, the Largest and Fastest Growing in the Nation — December 14, 2011
Posted on 14 December 2011.
The poor quality of direct-care jobs leave the nation unprepared to care for an aging America, PHI’s analysis concludes.
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