Pat Kelleher’s Testimony on Fair Share Contributions
Our primary concern with these proposed changes is their impact on our smaller, private care home care companies. These companies have emerged to meet a growing need for quality affordable elder care in our state; they are providing new jobs in our state, often for workers who are new to the workplace. But the work hours fluctuate widely for their direct care workers depending on the number of clients, on each client’s health status, and even the time year. Over this past year the vast majority of these entities have done what they believed the state wanted them to do. They worked to comply with the law, including the state’s new fair share rules, and filing deadlines. Few opted to pay rather than comply. With these proposed changes, especially including that quarterly test, it seems to them that what the state now wants is not compliance, but payment.
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