NEW YORK, N.Y.—For home-health attendants, the COVID-19 epidemic has added danger to an already grueling job. Workers doing 24-hour shifts for 13 hours pay say
NEW YORK, N.Y.—More than two-thirds of the nation’s 2.25 million domestic workers have lost their jobs in the coronavirus epidemic, according to a survey released April
NEW YORK, N.Y.—With speeches and chants in English, Spanish, and Chinese, about 100 home health-care workers and supporters rallied in front of the First Chinese
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Calling the half-unpaid 24-hour shifts common in the home health-care industry an “inhumane” 21st-century sweatshop, a group of home-care aides and state legislators
ALBANY, N.Y.—The New York State Court of Appeals ruled March 26 that home health aides only have to be paid for 13 hours of 24-hour
ALBANY, N.Y.—New York State’s highest court heard arguments Feb. 12 on whether home health-care aides who work 24-hour shifts should get paid for the full
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Wage theft and denial of paid sick leave are common in New York City’s home health-care industry, according to a report released Sept.
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Home health-care aides trying to get paid for their full 24-hour shifts got a hearing in State Supreme Court Aug. 29—and no response
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Five home health-care attendants and two Chinatown community organizations have filed a lawsuit against the state Department of Labor in State Supreme Court,
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