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Hannah Critchfield

Florida nursing home workers say they’re not getting minimum wage

It was praised as a solution to Florida’s nursing home staffing crisis.

Thanks to a state budget provision, employees of long-term care facilities receiving Medicaid funds would earn $15 an hour minimum wage, starting in October.

But months later, nursing homes and workers’ groups are still arguing over which employees should be paid the higher rate.

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