
New Rules for Paying Home Healthcare Employees
New York’s new rules for paying home healthcare employees now requires that those employees be paid for all hours in a client’s home in a 24-hour period, including sleep and meal periods.
New York’s new rules for paying home healthcare employees now requires that those employees be paid for all hours in a client’s home in a 24-hour period, including sleep and meal periods.
Following the Department of Labor’s publication of the Home Care Final Rule in 2015, many employers still have questions about the rules for paying home care workers legally.
As part of the state’s Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights legislation, California Wage Order 15, which had previously exempted personal attendants from overtime pay, was amended to remove this exemption and now requires personal attendants be paid overtime compensation at one and one-half times the employees’ regular rate of pay.
Read about the Illinois Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. Illinois becomes the seventh state to guarantee wage and human rights protections to domestic workers.
If you employ a nanny or other household employee, you may be wondering if domestic workers are exempt employees. Use our helpful chart to make sure you are compliant with the new FLSA rules on overtime pay for exempt employees.