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Washington's 'Safe Staffing Bill' – What All Healthcare Employers Should Know

Most Washington hospitals will soon be subject to a sweeping 30-page "Safe Staffing Bill" (Bill 5236), aimed at strengthening workplace standards. Starting January 1, 2024, covered hospitals, which is broadly defined to...more

FordHarrison

Individuals, Families, and Households and Those Who Jointly Employ Home Care Workers With Them are All Liable for Unpaid Overtime

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Claims by home care workers for unpaid overtime have risen steadily since the U.S. Department of Labor, in 2015, eliminated the federal overtime exemptions that allowed agency employers essentially to pay no overtime wage...more

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DOL Creates Long-Term Headache for Long Term Care: Higher Wages, More Overtime and Greater Overhead

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Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed new regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that will dramatically increase the number of employees who must be paid overtime for all hours worked beyond...more

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DOH Reverses Position on Overtime Pay Under The Wage Parity Act

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On November 2, 2015, the NYS Department of Health ("DOH") issued important notices affecting the wage and overtime obligations of New York City and Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester County home care agencies....more

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Five Recent Developments in Labor and Employment Law That Health Care Employers Need to Know

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Recent actions by federal agencies and courts will have a direct impact on employers in the health care industry. While still wrestling with the changes wrought by the Affordable Care Act, health care employers will now need...more

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DOL Final Rule Withstands Challenge, Mandates Changes for Home Health Employers

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently reinstated regulations from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), extending federal minimum wage and overtime requirements to home health workers employed by third-party...more

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USDOL "Companionship", "Live-In Domestic" Enforcement Coming

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The U.S. Labor Department has now announced that, beginning on November 12, it will start enforcing its revised regulations governing the Fair Labor Standard Act's Section 13(a)(15) "companionship" exemption and Section...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Stay of the DOL Wage Rule for Home Care Workers

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The Department of Labor (DOL) promulgated a rule that brings home care workers, employed by third parties, within the protection of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). As a result, those home care workers employed by an...more

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Supreme Court Denies Further Stay of Department of Labor's Home Care Rule; Effective Date is Imminent

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On August 21, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Home Care Rule and reversed the lower court’s decisions vacating the new rule. On October 6, 2015, the U.S....more

Franczek P.C.

Many Home Companionship Workers No Longer Exempt

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Agencies and other third-party employers of live-in household employees and home companionship providers, take note: the long-delayed regulations reclassifying many of these workers as non-exempt employees entitled to minimum...more

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11th Circuit "Tweaks" Test For Whether Interns Are Employees

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If you are a regular reader of this blog, you are probably familiar with the six-factor test that the U.S. Department of Labor uses to determine whether an intern should be considered an employee for purposes of the Fair...more

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Another Blow to Intern Test

The DOL’s six-factor test for determining “employee” status for interns or trainees under the FLSA took another blow last Friday, this time from the Eleventh Circuit in Schumann v. Collier Anesthesia, PA (11th Cir. Sept. 11,...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

U.S. Court of Appeals Reinstates Labor Department’s Wage Rule for Home Care Workers

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On August 21, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) reinstated Department of Labor (DOL) regulations that require home care agencies and other third-party employers of...more

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D.C. Circuit Reinstates Home Health Care Regulations

Earlier this year, we brought news that the DOL had revised its regulations applicable to home health care workers. Those regulations, which related to domestic workers who provide “companionship services,” narrowed...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Nearly 2 Million Home Care Workers Now Qualify for Minimum Wage, Overtime Protections

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The U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously upheld a Department of Labor (DOL) rule which extended the Fair Labor Standard Act’s (FLSA) minimum wage and overtime protections to certain home...more

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Home Health Care Agencies Feeling Sick After Friday’s Circuit Court Ruling

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As we reported earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Labor has been fighting nearly 14 months of legal challenges in connection with its attempt to modify the FLSA’s companionship exemption. On Friday, the U.S. Circuit...more

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D.C. Circuit Ruling Means DOL’s Home Care Rule May Soon Go Into Effect

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On August 21, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) upheld the United States Department of Labor’s (“DOL’s”) Home Care Rule and reversed the lower court’s decisions vacating the...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Health Law Wire: FLSA Exemption for Domestic Workers Upheld by DC Circuit (8/21/15)

This morning, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld the federal Department of Labor’s revisions to the “companionship exemption” under the Federal Labor Standards Act. Home Care Association of...more

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Federal Appeals Court Reinstates New Federal Minimum Wage and Overtime Requirements for Home Health Care Workers Employed By...

The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Home Care Association of America v. Weil reinstated the U.S. Department of Labor’s regulations extending the federal minimum wage and overtime requirements for home...more

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Wage and Hour Basics Series: The "Fee Basis" and the Proposed FLSA Regulations

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As we have discussed in the past, to be eligible for one of the “white collar” exemptions (executive, administrative, or professional) or as a highly compensated employee (HCE), Section 541.600 of the FLSA regulations...more

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The Recent Auditor General Report and Central Pennsylvania Hospitals

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In April, 2015, the Pennsylvania Auditor General released a Report that chastised the Department of Labor and Industry for its failure to implement adequate procedures to ensure that all complaints under the Prohibition of...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

A Cautionary Note On That "Companionship Services" Rule

As we have previously reported, a federal district court for the District of Columbia recently vacated new U.S. Department of Labor regulations promulgated under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which (1) barred third-party...more

Troutman Pepper

Third Circuit Affirms Dismissal of FLSA Overtime Claims in Hospital Meal Break Cases

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On August 26, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the District Court’s dismissal of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime claims brought against a myriad of health care systems and their...more

K&L Gates LLP

Pennsylvania Issues Regulations Under Excessive Overtime in Health Care Act

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On July 19, 2014, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry published new regulations to implement certain provisions of the Prohibition of Excessive Overtime in Health Care Act, 43 P.S. §§ 932.1 to 932.6 (the "Act")....more

Perkins Coie

13 Changes To California Law In 2014: What Employers Need To Know

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Every new year brings employment law changes for California’s employers and, while the Affordable Care Act has taken the spotlight for 2014, a vast array of employment laws deserve special attention from California employers...more

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