JSuze

Thanks for that info, I will contact the labor board for clarity.

It seems I misspoke, we must be exempt because they do not have to pay us for anything we work beyond 8 hours/day. I'm just wondering if others in home health are experiencing long hours as well. I am actually contemplating a move to case management for a big insurance provider to get my life back.

I've been doing homecare for almost 30 yrs & generally have been happy with it. The past few years have been made me start to rethink things as I have found myself putting in 10-12 hr days routinely. My superiors act like there is nothing wrong despite the general feeling of dissatisfaction in the workplace. We are only paid for 8 hours as we are all "non-exempt" status. We are essentially told that "things are the same everywhere". Is this true? What are others in home health experiencing? I have always loved the autonomy, freedom & flexibility of homecare, not to mention the best part, all the interesting people who make up the patient population but don't know if I can continue to deal with the excessive work hours.