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Professional caregivers file lawsuit against Kindred Healthcare
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Professional caregivers file lawsuit against Kindred Healthcare
Professional caregivers are set to file a class action lawsuit in California today. They say their employer, Kindred Healthcare and its affiliates, failed to pay minimum wage or overtime as the state requires.
BERLIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 18: Two generations of elderly women, one using a push-stroller, walk on September 18, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Germany is facing multiple problems stemming from an increase in the elderly proportion of its population, including increasing health care costs, strains on its social security system, a shortage of senior care workers and challenges to its labor market. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Two generations of elderly women, one using a push-stroller, walk on September 18, 2012 in Berlin, Germany.
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Professional caregivers are set to file a class action lawsuit in California today. They say their employer, Kindred Healthcare and its affiliates, failed to pay minimum wage or overtime as the state requires.

Professional caregivers are set to file a class action lawsuit in California today. They say their employer, Kindred Healthcare and its affiliates, failed to pay minimum wage or overtime as the state requires. The California Report's April Dembosky has more.