The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced plans to update minimum wage and overtime regulations covering certain in-home health care workers. Since 1975, casual babysitters and companions for the aged and infirm have been exempt from coverage under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and live-in domestic workers have been exempt from its overtime protections. "[T]he in-home care industry has undergone a dramatic transformation..." and "the earnings of in-home care employees remain among the lowest in the service industry, impeding efforts to improve both jobs and care." For this reason, the DOL has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to clarify and limit the scope of the companionship exemption. Comments to the proposed rules are due by February 27, 2012.
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February 06, 2012
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