Some home care workers who live with the consumer they serve do not pay rent. Their housing is often funded using the consumer’s Section 8 voucher. Can a private agency employer credit the value of the housing towards the total wages considered received by the home care worker? Read More Some home care workers who live with the consumer they serve do not pay rent. Their housing is often funded using the consumer’s Section 8 voucher. Can a private agency employer credit the value of the housing towards the total wages considered received by the home care worker?
If a home care provider is in a home while an individual receiving services is napping and is required to be available whenever the individual wakes up, is this time considered hours worked even if the provider spends the time watching television or reading a book? Read More If a home care provider is in a home while an individual receiving services is napping and is required to be available whenever the individual wakes up, is this time considered hours worked even if the provider spends the time watching television or reading a book?
If a worker is employed at a private home that is inaccessible by public transportation and not close to stores, etc. so that the worker cannot leave the home during the day for his/her own purposes, (e.g., to run errands or shop), must all of the worker’s work day be compensated? Read More If a worker is employed at a private home that is inaccessible by public transportation and not close to stores, etc. so that the worker cannot leave the home during the day for his/her own purposes, (e.g., to run errands or shop), must all of the worker’s work day be compensated?
Can a home care provider be paid different hourly rates for the same or similar services provided to different consumers? Read More Can a home care provider be paid different hourly rates for the same or similar services provided to different consumers?
How is overtime calculated when a home care provider is paid different hourly rates for different types of work? Read More How is overtime calculated when a home care provider is paid different hourly rates for different types of work?
Is overtime compensation required if a care provider works more than 40 hours in a week but for two different individuals? Read More Is overtime compensation required if a care provider works more than 40 hours in a week but for two different individuals?
May a home care provider be paid a daily or shift rate? Read More May a home care provider be paid a daily or shift rate?
If an employee travels on a plane with an elderly person or person with an illness, injury or disability outside of the employee’s normal work day and is required to assist the person only during the beginning and end of the flight and is otherwise able to spend the flight time for his or her own purposes, such as reading a magazine, taking a nap or watching a movie, must the entire flight time be paid? Read More If an employee travels on a plane with an elderly person or person with an illness, injury or disability outside of the employee’s normal work day and is required to assist the person only during the beginning and end of the flight and is otherwise able to spend the flight time for his or her own purposes, such as reading a magazine, taking a nap or watching a movie, must the entire flight time be paid?
If an employee travels to another city with an elderly person or person with an illness, injury or disability, must all the time spent traveling be paid? Read More If an employee travels to another city with an elderly person or person with an illness, injury or disability, must all the time spent traveling be paid?
If an employee provides assistance to an elderly person or person with an illness, injury or disability by driving or accompanying him or her to an errand or appointment, must that time be paid? Read More If an employee provides assistance to an elderly person or person with an illness, injury or disability by driving or accompanying him or her to an errand or appointment, must that time be paid?
