In the report’s “Policy & Legislative Recommendations” section, OWL states that FLSA should be amended “to extend basic labor protections, including minimum wage and overtime premium pay, to home care workers.”
Elsewhere, the report uses PHI data (pdf) to explain that ensuring quality jobs for direct-care workers is an important women’s rights issue; nearly 90 percent of direct-care workers are female, and their average age is 42.
Additionally, OWL’s report cites Partners in Care, the nation’s largest home health agency, as a model workplace for direct-care workers for its training and certification programs.
