Impasses over state budgets in Illinois and California are threatening to stymie those states’ home health care workforces during a crucial period of growth for the industry. The Illinois House earlier this month voted to approve an $817 million spending plan that would temporarily fund cash-starved universities and other programs, according to the Associated Press. […]
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner has suspended a policy that restricted overtime hours for home care workers in the state just before an industry union prepared to file a class action lawsuit challenging the policy. The Illinois Department of Human Services implemented the overtime restriction in May, mandating that home care workers in Illinois’ Home Services […]
In an effort to avoid a budget ‘Armageddon’ as a result of higher wage costs, workers in the Illinois Home Services Program will see their weekly working hours capped at 40 hours beginning May 1st. The Prairie State has not had a budget approved by its congressional members or Governor Bruce Rauner for nearly a […]
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