Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

State To Give Home Care Workers Back Pay

At press time, more than 49,000 Illinois home care workers were scheduled to get back pay based on a raise that was approved in 2017 by state lawmakers, but was never implemented. Lawmakers approved a 48-cents-an-hour raise for home care workers two years ago, but former Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) refused to pay it, even after courts ruled the raises [...]
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