Kentucky Senate OKs home care worker bill

Published February 24, 2014 11:18pm ET



FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bill passed by the Kentucky Senate on Monday would exempt home care workers from the state’s seven-day overtime law.

Under current Kentucky law, if an in-home caregiver works for seven consecutive days, the employer must pay time and a half on the seventh day.

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