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	<title>News and Opinions « Direct Care Alliance &#187; legislation and regulation</title>
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	<description>What direct care worker advocates are thinking, saying and doing</description>
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		<title>DCA Members, Allies Comment on Proposed Rule</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/02/dca-members-allies-comment-on-proposed-rule/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/02/dca-members-allies-comment-on-proposed-rule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that we&#8217;re about two-thirds of the way through the public comment period on the proposed rule to extend Fair Labor Standards Act protections to home care workers, the comments are beginning to give a sense of the range and sheer number of home care stakeholders who support the rule&#8211;and the depth of their passion about this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Honest Day’s Work Deserves Fair Pay</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/an-honest-day%e2%80%99s-work-deserves-fair-pay/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/an-honest-day%e2%80%99s-work-deserves-fair-pay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mohan Varghese</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A home care workers explains why we need to enact the proposed home care rule It is only just to give home health care workers the basic rights that are guaranteed by the Fair Labor Standards Act.  If you look at any other job that’s non-salaried, they have those rights. If you work at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Care Workers Talk About the Proposed Rule</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/home-care-workers-talk-about-the-proposed-rule/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/home-care-workers-talk-about-the-proposed-rule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We asked some of our home care worker members and allies how they felt about the proposed rule to extend Fair Labor Standards Act protections to home care workers. Here’s what they said: Carolyn Gay, CNA and home care worker I have been a CNA since 1992, working in private duty with some of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comment Update: Early Feedback on DOL&#8217;s Proposed Home Care Rule</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/comment-update-early-feedback-on-dols-proposed-home-care-rule/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/comment-update-early-feedback-on-dols-proposed-home-care-rule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.directcarealliance.org/?p=4620</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The comments on the Department of Labor’s proposed rule to extend Fair Labor Standards Act protection to home care workers are surging in faster than DOL staff can post them. Negative feedback seems to be in the majority at the moment, but there are plenty of eloquent comments from supporters of the proposed rule. We’ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New DCA Resources Make It Easy to Comment on Proposed Rule</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/new-dca-resources-make-it-easy-to-comment-on-proposed-rule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By proposing to grant home care workers basic labor rights, the Department of Labor (DOL) has taken an important step to correct the longstanding injustice done to these crucial workers. Now it&#8217;s up to us to make sure that happens, by registering our support for DOL&#8217;s proposed rule to extend Fair Labor Standards Act protections [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DCA to Build on Momentum in 2012</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/dca-to-build-on-momentum-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/dca-to-build-on-momentum-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Dudzinski</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.directcarealliance.org/?p=4572</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends, Thanks to the hard work of our direct care worker leaders and allies, we made a lot of progress in 2011, and there are many opportunities for continued success in 2012. As DCA’s board chair, I am incredibly proud of the leadership and vision of DCA’s executive director, Leonila Vega, as well as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOL Now Accepting Comments on Proposed Home Care Rule</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/12/dol-now-accepting-comments-on-proposed-home-care-rule/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/12/dol-now-accepting-comments-on-proposed-home-care-rule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.directcarealliance.org/?p=4526</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The new rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to extend basic labor protections to home care workers is now open for public comment. DOL will collect comments on the rule for the next two months. It will then weigh all the comments it has received and decide whether to amend and/or enact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Landmark Day for Home Care Workers</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/12/a-landmark-day-for-home-care-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/12/a-landmark-day-for-home-care-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Dudzinski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday was a big day in the history of the fight for direct care worker rights, and I was lucky enough to be right there in Washington, DC, representing DCA and my fellow home care workers when President Obama made the announcement. (That’s me in the video, right behind the President’s left shoulder). The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Care Workers Poised to Win Basic Labor Protections</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/12/home-care-workers-poised-to-win-basic-labor-protections/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/12/home-care-workers-poised-to-win-basic-labor-protections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fight to win basic labor protections for home care workers may soon be won, thanks to a proposed rule announced today by President Obama and U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis. The rule would extend minimum wage and overtime pay guarantees and other protections to these workers under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Huffington Post Shines Light on FLSA Companionship Exemption</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/12/huffington-post-shines-light-on-flsa-companionship-exemption/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/12/huffington-post-shines-light-on-flsa-companionship-exemption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If you&#8217;re in this job for money, you&#8217;re in it for the wrong reason, but I&#8217;d like to see that change someday,” says a Florida home care worker in Healthcare Workers on Verge of Winning Equal Rights, Higher Pay. The December 1 Huffington Post article looks at the companionship exemption that denies home care workers [...]]]></description>
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