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The President made a recent proposal that calls for home health aides to be covered under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
While many of the nation’s health aides are paid more than the federal minimum wage of $7.75, the new proposal, if adopted, would allow aides to collect overtime pay at one and a half times their hourly wage for hours worked over 40 each week. Currently, aides are often considered companions and frequently put in the same category as babysitters.
The New York Times also reported on the federal government’s statistic that the number of Americans older than 65 who need assistance living outside of a nursing home is expected to double from the current rate of six million by the year 2030.
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