Compensation of "patient workers."

Comments on G. C. Davison and R. B. Stuart's (see record 1975-30208-001) speculation that some institutional directors may replace patient workers with workers from the outside because of the Wyatt v. Stickney case outlawing institutional peonage. Right to treatment standards set by this case required that patient workers be compensated according to the minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)