The US Labor Department is no longer enforcing a rule expanding minimum wage and overtime protections to home health aides, as the agency works remove the regulation from its books.
A Field Assistance Bulletin to Wage and Hour Division staff dated July 25 instructs investigators to suspend enforcement of all provisions included in a 2013 rule that restored basic minimum wage requirements for live-in domestic workers and direct care workers that provide “companionship services” for elderly or disabled people.
“This enforcement policy is intended to provide clarity and consistency for WHD staff while the Department re-evaluates the 2013 final rule ...
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