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12:00 pm
Thu December 29, 2011
Rules Would Boost Pay For In-Home Health Aides
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Nearly two million home health care aides help seniors and people with disabilities to live independently. These caregivers often work long hours doing difficult work without overtime pay. The Labor Department has proposed rules to bring home care aides under federal minimum wage and overtime protections.