Trump pitches cuts to labor protections for home health workers: Report

Becker’s Hospital Review – Thursday, January 29, 2026
By Elizabeth Gregerson

The Labor Department under the Trump administration has proposed rescinding Fair Labor Standards Act coverage to home care workers, according to a Jan. 29 report from NPR.

The Fair Labor Standards Act was passed by Congress in 1938, though home care workers were not granted labor protections until 2013. Those protections include the right to earn at least the minimum wage and one-and-a-half times a regular wage when working more than 40 hours a week.

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