Joined by Secretary Solis on Thursday, President Obama announced new rules proposed by the Labor Department that would provide wage protections for in-home care workers. "The nearly 2 million in-home care workers across the country should not have to wait a moment longer for a fair wage," said President Obama. "Today's action will ensure that these men and women get paid fairly for a service that a growing number of older Americans couldn't live without." Currently, workers classified as "companions" are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act's minimum wage and overtime pay requirements. When established in 1974, the exemptions were meant to apply to babysitters and companions for the elderly, not workers whose vocation was in-home care service.
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