A New Federal Proposal Would Further Undercut Home Care Workers’ Labor Rights
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Murray Devine
3mo agoen
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phinational.orgA New Federal Proposal Would Further Undercut Home Care Workers’ Labor Rightsphinational.orgThe U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed a rule that would make it easier for employers to misclassify their workers as independent contractors. Misclassification already occurs most often in underpaid, labor-heavy sectors, like home care, where women and people of color are overrepresented. This change would further strip direct care workers—particularly home care workers—of fundamental labor protections at a moment when the workforce is already under attack from minimum wage and […] The post A New Federal Proposal Would Further Undercut Home Care Workers’ Labor Rights appeared first on PHI .
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