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Companionship exemption: Know the rules

April 17, 2014

Provider – American Health Care Association

Explains the pending change to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s “companionship exemption,” which takes effect in January 2015. The author, a labor and employment attorney, explains that home care workers will no longer be exempted the FLSA rule guaranteeing a minimum wage and time-and-a-half overtime pay.

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Boehm, Ted

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