new york health care workers shortage
Currently in many New York counties home care workers earn a minimum wage of 1320 an hour less than they would make while working at McDonalds. New York State Department of Health Announces New Return-to-work Guidance for Fully Vaccinated Critical Workforce Including Healthcare Workers In Face of Covid-19 Winter Surge Guidance Allows Fully Vaccinated Asymptomatic Members of the Critical Workforce to Return to Work After Five Days if Meet Certain Criteria Workers Must Wear Masks and Follow.
If included in the states 2023 budget the law would mandate that home care workers earn at least 150 percent of the regional minimum wage raising their wage floor to between 1980 and 2250.

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