michelle_otts
New Member
I work for an agency that serves mentally, and or physicaly disabled people.
Often the agency has an employee be an " roommate" which means they are
supervising the client 24 hrs a day without breaks, and they have the employee pay rent. The employee has no rights as a renter but, they pay rent. In addition to this many many times employee's not in a " roommate"
situation are told they must stay on working even if they feel the conditions are not safe, or their is no one to fill their spot after their shift is over. If they
do not they are threatened with being written up as leaving their client un-attended. There is no overtime pay. This agency is not the only one with these practices. Is this not involuntary servitude? Due employee's have to give up their rights when they work in, in home health care?
Often the agency has an employee be an " roommate" which means they are
supervising the client 24 hrs a day without breaks, and they have the employee pay rent. The employee has no rights as a renter but, they pay rent. In addition to this many many times employee's not in a " roommate"
situation are told they must stay on working even if they feel the conditions are not safe, or their is no one to fill their spot after their shift is over. If they
do not they are threatened with being written up as leaving their client un-attended. There is no overtime pay. This agency is not the only one with these practices. Is this not involuntary servitude? Due employee's have to give up their rights when they work in, in home health care?
