Attendant Care Rate Increases Today
The federal minimum wage increases today from $5.15 per hour to $5.85 per hour. That means that compensation for non-professional attendant care also increases because it is tied to the federal minimum wage by s.440.13(2)(b)1, Fla. Stat. Or, as I wrote about here, if you believe that s.440.13(2)(b)1 has been superseded by the 2005 amendment to the Florida Constitution (Article X, s.24) which mandates a higher minimum wage in Florida, then the compensation rate for non-professional attendant care currently stands at $6.67 per hour.
