On October 6, 2017, the New York State Department of Labor (“NYDOL”) issued an amendment to its Minimum Wage Order for Miscellaneous Industries and Occupations (“Wage Order”)1 in response to recent court decisions finding that non-residential 24-hour home care attendants, also referred to as aides, must be paid for their sleep and meal periods. The new amendment states that bona fide meal periods and sleep times may be excluded from hours worked by home care aides who work a shift of 24 hours or more in accordance with federal Fair Labor Standards Act regulations.