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KYW Radio News Coverage of Total Health settlement
Total Health Home settles class-action wage suit
Total Health Home Care Corp. agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle a class-action wage-and-hour case brought against it in May 2006 by its employees, home health workers who care for the elderly and disabled.
Philadelphia Inquirer - November 21, 2007
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Resident-owned company settles $2.2 million class-action lawsuit
A Pennsylvania-based company owned by a Marco Island resident has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit filed by home health caregivers for $2.2 million.
Marco Eagle - November 22, 2007
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Caregivers Cheated
By all means, let’s have good laws. But only the action of people who care will deliver quality jobs and services.
Letter to the Editor, Post-Gazette - July 24, 2007
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Care for the caregivers who assist at home
We hope that everyone concerned about seniors, people with disabilities and the caregivers who support them will be by our side as we seek to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act and get justice out of the clutches of these justices.
Letter to the Editor, Post-Gazette - July 17, 2007
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Home-Care Pay: We’ll need the help
The U.S. Supreme Court may have made a correct decision according to the law last week, but the ruling denying overtime and minimum wages to already low-paid home-care workers makes no sense for a nation of aging Baby Boomers.
Editorial, Philadelphia Inquirer - June 18, 2007
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High court levels blow at home-care aides
The workers aren’t entitled to overtime, or to minimum wage. The decision won’t likely affect two local cases.
Philadelphia Inquirer - June 12, 2007
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Justices to Hear Case on Wages of Home Aides
On that day, the Supreme Court of the United States is scheduled to hear oral arguments in a case in which Ms. Coke, a 73-year-old immigrant from Jamaica, is the sole plaintiff. She is challenging Labor Department regulations that say home care attendants, who number 1.4 million, are not covered by federal minimum-wage and overtime laws.
New York Times - March 25, 2007
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Caring Too Much
Former employees of Lee’s Home Health Services are suing the home health care provider for not paying them for several areas of work.
The Bulletin – January 28, 2007
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Older population, new health-care issues
The unions: Looking to put some muscle behind a large workforce
Philadelphia Inquirer — March 11, 2007
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Total Health Home Care sued on lack of travel-time pay
Saying that Pennsylvania law requires that they be paid for the time spent traveling between clients’ homes, four home-health-care workers filed a lawsuit against Total Health Home Care Corp., which has offices in Upper Darby and Havertown.
Philadelphia Inquirer — May 20, 2006
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Employees sue Total Health Home Care
A group of home health-care workers filed a lawsuit against Total Health Home Care Corp. Thursday alleging the company has engaged in a “consistent pattern of non-payment or underpayment.”
Philadelphia Business Journal - May 18, 2006
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