On Thursday, January 22, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) appealed the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s two orders that vacated both major provisions of the DOL’s Home Care Rule. Originally intended to be effective on January 1, 2015, the new rule would have excluded third-party employers from relying on the companionship and live-in domestic worker exemptions and would have drastically narrowed the definition of companionship services under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). On December 22, 2014, and on January 14, 2015, the court vacated both regulatory changes.
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