WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Andy Kim issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) joined fellow member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), to introduce the bicameralFair Wages for Home Care Workers Act in response to President Trump ripping away home care workers' right to minimum wage and overtime pay.
The Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Actwould codify minimum wage and overtime protections for home care workers in federal labor law, expand overtime protections to domestic workers, and address a longstanding injustice in our country-home care workers being unfairly excluded from the Fair Labor Standards Act.
At a press conference today to announ...