By Bill Shockley, CSA

“Nearly 2 million home health care workers across the country… are eligible for federal minimum wage and overtime protections, according to a unanimous ruling Friday by a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C.” — Boston Globe,

August 22, 2015.

In a ruling that raised concerns throughout the Home Care industry, the court held that the U.S. Department of Labor had the right to redesignate Home Care workers from their previously held status as ‘companion services’ to full rights for minimum wage and overtime pay.
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