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The government shutdown held up Labor Department webinars about the new home health care ruling that takes effect Jan. 1, 2015. Advocates say they will press various agencies to explain the ruling to the public.
Critics say federal wage protections for these workers will drive elderly and disabled people into institutionalized settings. Advocates say that hasn’t happened in states that currently extend the minimum wage to home care workers.
A waitress in a family-style restaurant in Detroit says it’s a struggle to make ends meet. Most servers are women and they are subject to a sub-minimum wage that hasn’t been raised since 1991. Family members often provide a crucial safety net.
Rosalina Miranda works at all hours of the day as a cleaner of warehouses and offices in New Jersey. After 15 years she’s unhappy about never getting a raise. Her best hope could be lawmakers now debating a proposed hike in the state’s minimum wage.
Minimum-wage jobs are mainly held by women struggling to support families on way too little. Let’s guarantee these hard-working breadwinners a living wage. The first in a series of articles by Women Employed on the challenges facing low-wage workers.
After decades of enduring frozen wages, the nation’s 3.3 million tipped workers — most of whom are women — may receive a minimum-pay hike. This could alleviate what economist Sylvia A. Allegretto calls an under-appreciated factor in women’s poverty.
