Post by Logan on Apr 29, 2016 22:54:08 GMT -6
Starting Sunday, Illinois home health care workers will be unable to claim overtime except in emergencies.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gaileen Roberts’ daughter, Jody, has cerebral palsy, is quadriplegic and developmentally delayed. But she can live at home because her mother earns a taxpayer-subsidized $13 an hour as her caregiver.
Sometimes Roberts works overtime, and as of January, the federal government requires extra work be compensated at time-and-a-half pay, so the cash-strapped state of Illinois has banned all but emergency overtime pay beginning Sunday. That means Roberts can be paid to take care of her daughter in the morning, but another person must come in for the evening, when Jody returns from afternoon basic-skills training, so Roberts doesn’t go over her allotted time.
Read more: www.thehawkeye.com/ap/state/advocates-fear-chaos-after-rauner-home-health-care-ruling/article_dabdac40-0974-5df5-8567-75c93e94792d.html (subscription required)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gaileen Roberts’ daughter, Jody, has cerebral palsy, is quadriplegic and developmentally delayed. But she can live at home because her mother earns a taxpayer-subsidized $13 an hour as her caregiver.
Sometimes Roberts works overtime, and as of January, the federal government requires extra work be compensated at time-and-a-half pay, so the cash-strapped state of Illinois has banned all but emergency overtime pay beginning Sunday. That means Roberts can be paid to take care of her daughter in the morning, but another person must come in for the evening, when Jody returns from afternoon basic-skills training, so Roberts doesn’t go over her allotted time.
Read more: www.thehawkeye.com/ap/state/advocates-fear-chaos-after-rauner-home-health-care-ruling/article_dabdac40-0974-5df5-8567-75c93e94792d.html (subscription required)