Labor Law:
Court Decision Takes Overtime Worries Off Agencies' Plates
Published on Thu Jan 15, 2015
A D.C. federal court judge has vacated the part of the Department of Labor rule that would have eliminated the companionship exemption to minimum wage and overtime rules for home care workers. “I cannot help but conclude that Congress’s intent in 1974 to exempt from minimum wage and overtime wage requirements domestic workers providing services, including care to the elderly [...]