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Aug 24, 2015

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 Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld the DOL’s proposed regulations. Assuming no further developments, employers in a majority of states will need to modify their pay practices to conform with the new regulations, including employers in the 27 states that currently do not have minimum wage or overtime requirements in place for this category of worker.

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