While the federal government closed on Tuesday due to inclement weather, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) forged ahead with its hearing to consider the nomination of David Weil to be the next DOL Wage and Hour Division (WHD) Administrator. This position – which has been vacant for several years – is an important one. The WHD will be the sub-agency charged with enforcing the recently-issued “companionship” rule extending Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) protections to home healthcare workers, as well as the DOL’s many worker misclassification initiatives.
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