Home Helpers At-Home Senior Care Company Faces Wage and Hour Claims

Former employees of Home Helpers at-home senior care have filed a wage and hour class action lawsuit against the in-home caregiver company. If you worked for Home Helpers or one of its subsidiaries within the past three years, you could qualify to participate in a class action lawsuit.

Plaintiffs Roseann G. and Sherri H. allege that Home Helpers failed to follow several federal and North Carolina state employment laws. Sherri further alleges that when she tried to address the wage and hour violations with her employer, Home Helpers retaliated against her in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Both Roseann and Sherri were employed by Home Helpers at-home senior care to provide in-home care services to elderly or infirm clients. According to their complaint, employees were required to “clock in and out” using the client’s telephone. This arrangement allegedly provided no means to record hours that employees slept. On-duty shifts reportedly consisted of 24 hours, and were often for consecutive days.

Home Helpers at-home senior care allegedly did not provide caregiver employees with any breaks, not even to eat meals. The only break reportedly allowed was for overnight sleep, which was often interrupted by the client, who needed constant monitoring and care.

Roseann and Sherri say that despite having to wake up to care for the client in the middle of the night, “sleep hours” were regularly deducted from their hours worked.

Home Helpers at home senior care faces several allegations of wage and hour violations, including:

• Failing to provide uninterrupted sleep for a minimum of five hours
• Failing to pay minimum wage
• Failing to pay overtime pay
• Requiring employees to work off-the-clock
• Retaliating against one of the employees who complained of the alleged wage and hour violations

Home Helpers at Home Senior Care Requirements

Home Helpers employees help elderly or infirmed clients who need assistance with cleaning house, meal preparation, transportation, laundry and errands. Personal assistance with using the bathroom, getting dressed and being reminded to take medications are apt to be needed, as well.

Because Home Helpers at-home senior care workers allegedly are required to stay with a client until another employee relieves them, employees often work 24-hour shifts from three to six days per week.

Home Helpers at-home senior care employees allege they were paid a flat fee of $170 per day. The Home Helpers lawsuit says employees never signed a written agreement that allowed the Home Helpers company to deduct sleep hours from the hours worked, and there often were not reasonable accommodations or circumstances for employees to properly sleep.

If you were a Home Helpers at-home senior care employee who has faced similar wage and hour violations, you could be eligible to participate in a class action lawsuit to seek compensation for overtime pay, back wages, and even damages for an unfair and unlawful working environment.

The Home Helpers At-Home Senior Care Lawsuit is Case No. 3:17-cv-00738-FDW-DSC in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Charlotte Division.

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If you worked for Home Helpers and you believe your employee rights were violated, you may qualify to join this Home Helpers wage and hour class action lawsuit investigation.

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