Home Care Industry Study Reveals Negative Economic Impact of FLSA Repeal
Findings show proposed repeal of the Companion Care and Live-In Exemptions would affect availability and quality of companion careIn December 2011, the U.S. Department of Labor published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to revise its regulations concerning the statutory exemptions for companionship and live-in workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The DOL proposed to substantially narrow both exemptions, and published a Preliminary Regulatory Impact Analysis (PRIA), which estimates the proposal would have a de minimis effect on both output and employment. Following the DOL’s