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October 10: Employment Symposium & Job Fair
August 23, 2024Register Here to attend the October 10, 2024 Employment Symposium and Job Fair, a competitive integrated employment conference for employers, business owners, people with disabilities, family members, and anyone interested! Meet…
Department of Labor Audits: The Price of Non-Compliance
August 16, 2024The Department of Labor (DOL) conducts audits to ensure that home care and home health providers comply with federal labor laws, including the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). These audits…
The Department of Labor’s (DOL) new overtime rule, the final rule “Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees”, went into effect as ordered on Monday,…
The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Final Rule increases the salary threshold for overtime exemption for certain employees effective July 1, 2024. The new rule increases the salary threshold for exempt workers from…
As we’re quickly learning, AI can automate tasks and improve job efficiency, requiring workers to learn new skills. However, it also poses risks like reduced autonomy, embedded bias, and job…
The Biden-Harris Administration finalized a rule regarding salary thresholds for exempting certain employees from federal overtime pay requirements. The rule, titled “Defining and Delimiting Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside…
DOL Trend: Travel Time
January 22, 2024Pennsylvania minimum wage laws require employers to count caregiver travel time as hours worked for purposes of its minimum wage and overtime requirements. A caregiver who travels from home to work…
On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a final rule updating the definition of independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Final Rule, which rescinds the 2021…
Home care providers are NOT required to continue serving a participant who has lost Medicaid or Waiver eligibility and/or no longer has an active authorization for care. However, during the…
U.S. Department of Labor Proposes Expanded Overtime Rule
September 11, 2023On August 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a proposal to Define and Delimit the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees that would restore and extend…
DOL Issues Guidance on FMLA and Paid Holidays
June 5, 2023On Tuesday, May 30, 2023, the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) published opinion letter FMLA2023-2-A, “Whether Holidays Count Against an Employee’s FMLA Leave Entitlement and Determination of the Amount of…
DOL Issues Guidance on Tracking Telework Hours
February 20, 2023On February 9, the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued guidance on tracking hours worked by employees who telework. This guidance reaffirms longstanding principles regarding what constitutes hours…
Department of Labor Announces Increased Penalties for 2023
January 30, 2023his month, the U.S. Department of Labor announced annual adjustments to OSHA civil penalties for 2023. Effective January 17, the maximum penalty for serious and other-than-serious violations has increased to $15,625 (up…
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