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LA City Attorney settles wage theft case with home health worker companies
Former Health Alliance Nurses Corp. worker Josephine Biclar speaks about her experiences as an in-home caregiver, Oct. 2, 2018.
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LA City Attorney settles wage theft case with home health worker companies
Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer on Tuesday announced a settlement in a case involving health workers who say they were paid as little as $5.50 an hour to provide round-the-clock care for elderly and disabled patients in their homes.
The city's settlement with Health Alliance Nurses Corporation and Hand Homecare Provider Inc. includes $250,000 in restitution for workers, many of them female immigrants from the Philippines.
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