Home Health Care Aides and Wage Parity

What this rule requires your agency to do

• 1Employers subject to the Wage Parity Law must provide employees a supplemental-benefit notice (LS 62) at time of hire and upon any change to the pay notice information, in English and the employee's primary language where a template exists.(Home Health Care Aides and Wage Parity)
• 2Employers must include information for each wage parity supplemental benefit provided, and the hourly rate for each, on the employee's wage statement (pay stub).(Home Health Care Aides and Wage Parity)
• 3Home care aides performing Medicaid-reimbursed work in NYC, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester must be paid a minimum total compensation combining base wage plus a supplemental benefit ($3.22/hr in Nassau/Suffolk/Westchester; $4.09/hr in NYC).(Home Health Care Aides and Wage Parity)
• 4The employer must have each employee sign and date the pay notice, keep the original signed notice for six years, and provide a copy to the employee.(Home Health Care Aides and Wage Parity)
• 5LHCSAs/FIs must provide an Annual Compliance Statement of Wage Parity Hours and Expenses (LS300) with an Independently Audited Financial Statement (LS301); all parties must retain these forms and verification information for no less than 10 years and make them available on request.(Home Health Care Aides and Wage Parity)