Department of Labor

Does the Fair Labor Standards Act Hate Home Care Workers?

For the last few months I’ve been thinking about and writing about home care workers. In my work, I find that if folks haven’t had to hire a homecare worker for themselves or their family, it appears that most of these workers fall off the radar. The problem here is somewhat circular. The demand for …

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DOL to suspend Bush H-2A Rules

The Labor Department’s announcement of its proposed temporary suspension of the Bush Administration’s changes to the H-2A agricultural guestworker program will be officially published in the Federal Register today (Tuesday, March 17th). The Bush Administration finalized its changes to the guestworker program in midnight legislation last December. The new rules for the program, which slash …

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Madeline Messa

Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.