The Department of Labor has extended for a second time the deadline for the public to submit comments regarding its proposed rulemaking relating to the “companionship exemption,” which would eviscerate the exemption from minimum wage and overtime applicable to many home care workers as affirmed and addressed by the Supreme Court in 2007. Currently, while
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USDOL To Announce Proposed Domestic Service Rule Expanding Right To Overtime Pay
By Noel P. Tripp on
As we reported here, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor previously announced it would propose a rule regarding the applicability of the companionship exemption to the FLSA’s minimum wage and overtime requirements. This longstanding exemption was the subject of a rare Supreme Court opinion on FLSA issues, in which the…