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Evelyn Coke spent 20 years as a home care aide helping the elderly and the sick, but she did not live and see fair labor laws【M1】______ applied to her work. In a case that it went to the Supreme Court in 2007, Ms.【M2】______ Coke, who died in 2009, sued her employer with years of unpaid【M3】______ overtime work. This month, the president invoked Ms. Cokes memory when he announced that the Labor Department had proposed changes to the provisions which the court had based its【M4】______ decision. At issue in Ms. Cokes case is a 1975 labor rule that defined【M5】______ home care aides as "companions," a class of workers that do not【M6】______ qualify for federal minimum wage and overtime protections. Ms. Cokes lawyer, Craig Becker, argued that the rule was supposed to apply only to occasional domestic workers, like baby sitters, not home care aides—one of the nations fastest-growing occupations and one whose duties often include feeding, bathing and dressing clients. And the justices said that only Congress or the Labor【M7】______ Department could change the rule, not the court The new proposal states clearly that home care aides who are employed by third-party agencies are entitled to the nunimum wage and overtime payment. Aides hired directly by families are also【M8】______ covered if they are engaging in housekeeping or spend more than【M9】______ 20 percent of their time on activities other than companionship. The Labor Department will finalize the proposal after a 60-day public comment period. Some home care agencies are sure to complain, but the Labor Department should stand firmly.【M10】______

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