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Politico New York: Appellate Court ruling has home care agencies on edge

Politico New York reports on a ruling in the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, which holds that live-in home care aides are not necessarily a category of employee who need only be paid for 13 hours of a 24-hour shift. According to the court, live-in aides who fall outside of that category would be entitled to be paid for each hour of a 24-hour shift.

“The cost differences are staggering,” said Al Cardillo, executive vice president for the Home Care Association of New York State. “This would have major implications.”

Read the full Politico report at https://hca-nys.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Appellate-Court-ruling-has-home-care-agencies-on-edge.pdf.