Home Health Agencies Seek Narrower Covid-19 Paid Leave Rule

Health-care workers who have direct contact with patients should be excluded from accessing coronavirus-related paid leave benefits, according to a trade group for the home health industry.

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice wants the Labor Department to issue an emergency rule that would make only certain workers ineligible for the temporary benefits provided through the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.

The group’s call for action follows a federal court ruling that found the department illegally excluded too many health-care workers from receiving those benefits. The court vacated portions of a DOL rule that classified health-care workers ...