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Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

The Department of Labor’s Caregiver Wage Initiative May Fall Short of Its Goal Unless It Also Focuses on The Funding Provided to...

On November 23, 2021, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division announced an education, outreach and enforcement initiative to ensure employers pay professional caregivers minimum wage and overtime in accordance with...more

Cozen O'Connor

Taking Care of the Caretakers: New York AG Recovers Millions in Wages for Home Care Aides

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New York AG Letitia James reached a settlement with home care health agencies Intergen Health, LLC and Amazing Home Care Services, LLC (collectively “Agencies”) to resolve allegations that they failed to pay appropriate wages...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

MEDPAC Reviews Hospice; Proposes Quadrupling Cap Recoveries

On December 3, 2020, MEDPAC reviewed hospice data from 2019, noting these key metrics: • Medicare payments grew just under 10% to $20.9 billion; • Hospices served 1.6 million patients, including 51% of 2019 decedents...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Legislative and Other Developments Affecting California Employers in 2014

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This year has brought many significant changes that will impact all California employers. This annual report from Greenberg Glusker’s Employment Group summarizes some of the most important new federal and state legal...more

K&L Gates LLP

DOL Extends Minimum Wage and Overtime Protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act to Nearly Two Million Home Health Care...

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The United States Department of Labor issued a rule last month limiting the ability of home health care employers to claim the companionship exemption for their employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which is likely to...more

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U.S. DOL's Final Rule Limiting Domestic Services Imposes Heavy Burden On Household Direct Hires

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Individuals and families who for years have directly employed domestic workers to care for elderly or ill family members will see their labor costs increase dramatically beginning January 1, 2015. Under the U.S. DOL's Final...more

Baker Donelson

Employers Must Pay Minimum Wage and Overtime to Home Care Workers They Jointly or Solely Employ

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Many groups that have lobbied for change as it relates to home care aides seem to have received some victory. Specifically, the Labor Department announced a Final Rule on September 17, 2013 that extends overtime and wage...more

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation

Governor Brown Expands Paid Family Leave Eligibility, Boosts Minimum Wage, and Grants Overtime to Nannies

Currently, through California’s Paid Family Leave (“PFL”) insurance program, workers may collect up to six weeks of partial wage replacement benefits while taking leave under the Federal Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) or...more

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Companions No More: U.S. Department of Labor Extends Minimum Wage and Overtime Protections to Home Health Care Workers

Beginning on January 1, 2015, the Fair Labor Standards Act will extend its minimum wage and overtime protections to nearly all home health care workers. This changes the playing field for an estimated two million workers who...more

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