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Employment Law Newsletter<\/p>\n

Although many domestic workers are covered by the Fair Labor Standard Act\u2019s<\/a> (FLSA) minimum wage and overtime requirements, there presently exists an exemption from these requirements for home health care workers providing \u201ccompanionship services for individuals who are unable to care for themselves.\u201d In 2007, the United States Supreme Court ruled that home healthcare providers employed by third-party agencies were entitled to this exemption, resulting in significant wage and overtime savings to these agencies.<\/p>\n

On December 15, 2011, the U.S. Department of Labor<\/a> (DOL) announced proposed regulations aimed at closing the exemption to caretakers employed by third-party agencies. The highlights of the proposed regulations include:<\/p>\n

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Employment Law Newsletter Although many domestic workers are covered by the Fair Labor Standard Act\u2019s (FLSA) minimum wage and overtime requirements, there presently exists an exemption from these requirements for home health care workers providing \u201ccompanionship services for individuals who are unable to care for themselves.\u201d In 2007, the United States Supreme Court ruled that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[402,65,247],"tags":[],"coauthors":[139],"class_list":["post-577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-insights","category-insights","category-labor-employment-insights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAttention Home Health Care Agencies: Your Domestic Caretakers May Soon Be Accorded Wage and Hour Protections of the FLSA — January 13, 2012 — Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, P.C. 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