The Supreme Court ruled Monday that home care workers are not entitled to overtime pay under federal law. The unanimous decision upheld a 1975 Labor Department regulation exempting the nation's 1 million home care workers from the protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Paying overtime would cost billions, the home care industry says. The decision "is another blow to struggling, low-wage women," said Nancy Duff Campbell, co-president of the National Women's Law Center.
June 12, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that home care workers are not entitled to overtime pay under federal law.
The unanimous decision upheld a 1975 Labor Department regulation exempting the nation’s 1 million home care workers from the protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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