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Gov. Brown proposes banning overtime for state-funded home health care workers

By AirTalk Staff
Published Jan 29, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JANUARY 17: California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks during a news conference on January 17, 2014 in San Francisco, California. Gov. Brown declared a drought state of emergency for California as the state faces water shortfalls in what is expected to be the driest year in state history. Residents are being asked to voluntarily reduce water usage by 20%. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks during a news conference on January 17, 2014 in San Francisco, California. Gov. Brown declared a drought state of emergency for California as the state faces water shortfalls in what is expected to be the driest year in state history.
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Gov. Brown proposes banning overtime for state-funded home health care workers

Governor Jerry Brown’s recent budget proposal includes a prohibition of overtime hours for home health-care workers, who are paid from state funds. Many of the workers (some of whom are family members of the sick or elderly) log 60-plus hours a week.

The new wrinkle is a federal regulation set to take effect next January that would require those workers to be compensated at higher wages for overtime hours. How much more would that cost the state? How will your job or family be affected?

Guests:

Laphonza Butler, President, SEIU/ULTCW (United Long Term Care Workers)

H.D. Palmer, Deputy Director for External Affairs at the California Department of Finance