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Analysis of State Efforts to Comply with Fair Labor Standards Act Protections to Home Care Workers

Report
December 1, 2019

This report evaluates how states responded to the extension of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) protections to home care workers. It finds both wide variation in state policy and promising practices, including hardship exception policies.

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Key Takeaways

Many states impose limits on worker hours in response to the new FLSA rule.
Some states allow special exemptions to caps on services.
Several states allow exemptions for live-in home care workers.
 

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