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Home Care Aide Minimum Wage (Fact Sheet P105)
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What this rule requires your agency to do
- 1Home care aides must be paid at least the region-specific minimum wage under PHL 3614-f (e.g., $18.55/hr NYC/LI/Westchester and $17.55/hr rest of State as of 1/1/2024; rising to $19.65 and $18.65 as of 1/1/2026).(Home Care Aide Minimum Wage (Fact Sheet P105))
- 2Employers must post the Home Care Aide Minimum Wage posters in plain view for employees.(Home Care Aide Minimum Wage (Fact Sheet P105))
- 3If a home care aide's workday lasts longer than ten hours, the aide is entitled to one additional hour of pay at the minimum wage rate (spread of hours).(Home Care Aide Minimum Wage (Fact Sheet P105))
- 4Home care aides must be paid 1.5 times their regular rate for weekly hours over 40 (or 44 for residential employees).(Home Care Aide Minimum Wage (Fact Sheet P105))
Applies to: cross-cutting
DOL fact sheet stating the statutory home care aide minimum wage rates under PHL 3614-f by region and date, plus overtime, call-in, spread-of-hours, and posting duties.
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