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FLSA Home Care Rule Causes Multiple Problems, GAO Report Finds

Published on Fri Oct 23, 2020

Companionship exemption elimination brings unintended consequences. Back in 2015, the Department of Labor began enforcing the so-called Home Care Rule, which eliminated the companionship exemption to minimum wage and overtime requirements. But that change didn’t bring the rise in home health aide pay that policymakers were hoping for, a new report shows. Some of the actions state Medicaid programs took [...]
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