Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service

By The WIEGO Team on October 01, 2014

This final rule revises the duties that fall within the term companionship and the major effect is that more domestic service workers will be protected by the FLSA’s minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping provisions.

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