On March 15, 2017, a former non-exempt home health care employee filed a complaint in the Southern District of Ohio against Upreach, LLC including collective and class action allegations for failure to pay overtime wages to support specialists and other employees since January 1, 2015. The named plaintiff filed a claim for failure to pay […]
2016 UPDATE: SCOTUS denies cert by home care associations challenging home health workers entitled to overtime wages and protections under the FLSA. Our Ohio FLSA overtime attorneys blogged in February about a change in the law called the “home care final rule” that entitled approximately 2 million home health workers to overtime pay, overturning an exemption that was outdated. For years, home […]
Home Health Workers, Aides, and other Employees Providing Companionship Services are now entitled to Overtime Pay as of January 1, 2015. The law has changed and employees who have been taken advantage of are now entitled to much deserved overtime wages. Almost 2 million home care workers are now non-exempt and protected by the Fair […]