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Companionship Exemptions Unpaid Overtime

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Hope for Employers: Court Says Home Health Aides Can’t Bring Collective Action

Courts have been quick to allow one employee claiming to be due overtime to sue on behalf of others in the same job category by certifying a collective action, allowing that employee to represent the class and requiring the...more

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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

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Most Caregivers Are Now Entitled to Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay

The federal government recently extended minimum wage and overtime protections to most home health care workers. If you are hiring a caregiver for yourself or an elderly loved one, you need to become familiar with the rules,...more

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Big News for the Home Health Industry: Federal Judge Vacates the DOL's Companionship Services Regulations on Minimum Wage and...

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As 2014 wound to a close, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a significant decision impacting third-party agencies that provide in-home care to the elderly and ailing. On December 22, 2014,...more

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Court Enters Summary Judgment in Favor of DOL in Home Care Rule Challenge

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In an order dated October 20, 2015, pursuant to the D.C. Circuit’s mandate issued on October 13, 2015, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon entered summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in Home...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

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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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USDOL Delays Its "Companionship", "Live-In Domestic" Enforcement

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As we recently reported, the U.S. Department of Labor's changes in its regulations governing the Fair Labor Standard Act's Section 13(a)(15) "companionship" exemption and Section 13(b)(21) overtime exemption for "live-in...more

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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

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

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

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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

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

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

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2015 Will Usher In Increased FLSA Liability for Home Health Care Agencies

On Tuesday, September 17, 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule extending the Fair Labor Standard Act’s (FLSA) minimum wage and overtime protections to an estimated two million home health care workers....more

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Healthcare Industry Legal Alert: The Companionship Exemption For Agency Employed Home Care Workers May End As Early As This Month....

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It has been reported that the Department of Labor (DOL) will issue a rule this month revising its regulations to eliminate the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) companionship exemption for agency-employed home care workers. ...more

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