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Growing care gaps, shrinking state? Home care workers and the Fair Labor Standards Act

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  • Kim England
  • Caitlin Alcorn

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Home care work will be among the fastest growing jobs in the USA in the next 10 years, linked to the increase in people aged over 65. Located at the intersection of health care, social policy and the state, home care work is notable for its low pay, job insecurity and irregular hours. The legal and economic precarity of home care workers has roots in the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). We analyse the FLSA and subsequent amendments regarding home care workers, as a vehicle for exploring American state intervention into and apparent retreat from the social safety net and promoting collective well-being.

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  • Kim England & Caitlin Alcorn, 2018. "Growing care gaps, shrinking state? Home care workers and the Fair Labor Standards Act," Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 11(3), pages 443-457.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cjrecs:v:11:y:2018:i:3:p:443-457.
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    1. Emily Reid-Musson & Ellen MacEachen & Mary Beckie & Lars Hallström, 2022. "Work without workers: legal geographies of family farm exclusions from labour laws in Alberta, Canada," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 39(3), pages 1027-1038, September.

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