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Lack of national paid sick day policy hurts caregives nationwide

Sun, 09 Sep 2012 11:10:00 -0500

As the American population ages, more Americans are in need of some degree of in-home care and assistance. Many of those willing to do the hard work an unpleasant tasks are immigrants. But for all of these caregivers, there's a big hole in their compensation. Whether they're sick or in need of medical care, they can't take time off — not only endangering themselves but those they care for as well.

Don

Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:21:28 -0500

I have a question. We are talking about Illegal Aliens who get paid in cash under the table with no taxes, FICA, Worker's Comp, taken out, right????

Jonathan

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 07:34:02 -0500

Not necessarily, no.

Jonathan Kealing
Senior Editor, PRI.org

Maria

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:34:04 -0500

This happens in every nursing home also because they want 1 person to care for 10 people at a time and most of these people have mental problems that we as caregiver are not equip to take of. These laws need to be changed!