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AB-1404 Working hours: flexible schedule.(2001-2002)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 511.5 is added to the Labor Code, to read:

511.5.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 511, an employee of
the home care industry shall not be required to adopt an alternative workweek and may, with the consent of his or her employer, work up to 12 hours per day within a 40-hour workweek with no set workweek.
(b) As used in this section, “employee of the home care industry” includes the following:
(1) An employee of a home health agency as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1727 of the Health and Safety Code.
(2) A home care aide, defined as a person providing personal care or homemaking services to a child or adult who, by reason of advanced age, physical disability, or mental deficiency, needs assistance or supervision.
(3) An employee providing therapeutic services pursuant to Section 1727.1 of the Health and Safety Code.
(4) An employee of a hospice as defined by subdivision (b) of Section 1746 of the Health and Safety Code.
(5) An employee of a home medical device retail facility as defined in Section 109948 of the Health and Safety Code.
(6) An employee of a home infusion pharmacy that provides pharmaceuticals and related services, including enteral or parenteral nutrition, pain management, antibiotics, or chemotherapy.