News & Analysis as of

Department of Labor (DOL) › Employment Litigation › Home Health Care

Marshall Dennehey

Driving the Workday: The Third Circuit Clarifies Compensable Travel Time Under the FLSA

Marshall Dennehey on

Key Points: Travel during the workday between clients’ homes is compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act....more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Third Circuit Upholds Verdict Against Home Health Agency Based on Employee Travel Time During Working Day

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on

For most non-exempt employees, the Fair Labor Standards Act considers time spent traveling during the working day to be compensable working time. Last week, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals applied this principle to travel...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Federal Court Finds In-Home Caregivers Were Employees, Not Independent Contractors, Under ‘Economic Realities/Control’ Test

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on

Issues related to whether individuals are independent contractors or employees receive significant attention by employers and governmental entities because of the critical impact of misclassification. The U.S. Department of...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Home Health Care Aides Working Twenty-Four Hour Shifts Can Be Paid For Thirteen Hours If Employer Meets Sleep and Meal Time...

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on

Home health care aides working twenty-four hour shifts can be paid for as little as thirteen hours under certain conditions, according to a March ruling from the New York Court of Appeals in Andryeyeva v. New York Health...more

Littler

Another New York State Appellate Court Finds 24-Hour Non-Residential Home Care Attendants Must be Paid for Sleep and Meal Periods

Littler on

A pair of New York state appellate decisions has serious implications for employers that offer 24-hour home care for clients by ruling that sleep and meal periods must be included in the hourly wages of home care attendants....more

5 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide