Committee Hails D.C. Circuit’s Affirmance of Wage and Hour Protections for Home Care Workers

On Friday, August 21, the D.C. Circuit upheld an Obama Administration regulation that creates minimum wage and overtime rights for millions of homecare workers who are employed by third-party employers who are not persons receiving care.  This is an important victory for workers and should provide a greater ability to help home care workers, often an extremely exploited group.

The August 22, New York Times article below on the ruling includes an analysis by the Committee’s Deputy Director of Litigation Peter Romer-Friedman on the decision and prospects for it to be affirmed by the Supreme Court should there be review.

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