Will home care’s wage violations spark closures—or more workers?
02/13/24 at 03:00 AM
Will home care’s wage violations spark closures—or more workers?
Modern Healthcare, by Diane Eastabrook; 2/5/24
Home care providers are split on whether the Labor Department’s fines against the industry for wage violations could force more business closures or attract more workers to the high-demand sector. As more care moved into the home during the COVID-19 pandemic, the department’s Wage and Hour Division targeted home care and home health providers in 2021 for overtime infractions, worker misclassification and other violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.