A New Labor Rule Could Push Caregivers to the Breaking Point

A New Labor Rule Could Push Caregivers to the Breaking Point

The Department of Labor is trying to roll back progress for women in the workforce. Among the department’s new policies is a proposed rule that would strip millions of home-care workers of federal minimum wage and overtime protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This month, the ACLU and National Domestic Workers Alliance submitted comments to the department strongly opposing this proposed change. In 1938, when Congress passed the …