The Underpaid People Taking Care of Your Elders: VNT
Taking care of old people isn’t glamorous, but it’s one of the fastest growing jobs in the United States. It also doesn't pay well.
National Labor Relations Act
(3) The term "employee" shall include any employee, and shall not be limited to the employees of a particular employer, unless the Act [this subchapter] explicitly states otherwise, and shall include any individual whose work has ceased as a consequence of, or in connection with, any current labor dispute or because of any unfair labor practice, and who has not obtained any other regular and substantially equivalent employment, but shall not include any individual employed as an agricultural laborer, or in the domestic service of any family or person at his home, or any individual employed by his parent or spouse, or any individual having the status of an independent contractor, or any individual employed as a supervisor, or any individual employed by an employer subject to the Railway Labor Act [45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq.], as amended from time to time, or by any other person who is not an employer as herein defined.
アメリカでもホームヘルパーの需要は伸びているが、例えば、ジョージア州の場合、ヘルパーさんの平均年収は21000ドル 2,300,949.00 円 。
これでは、せいぜい家賃が払える程度で、光熱費や食事代も払えない、と。
（因みに、日本の場合は、平均年収：3,048,600円と言われている。）
医療給付も退職手当も、傷病休暇もない。さらに、組合を結成し、団体交渉する権利も認められていない。
そこで、一部のヘルパーさんたちが集まって、最低賃金をあげてもらえるように活動をしている。
ところが、賃金があがると、あがった分、利用料に転嫁されるので、困るのは利用者さんたちで、難しい問題に直面している、と。
