On March 26, 2019, the New York State Court of Appeals, New York’s highest Court, issued a highly anticipated decision that has major impacts for the home health care industry in New York. The question before the Court was whether “live-in” home care aides are entitled to be paid for every hour of a 24
Live-In Home Care Aides
UPDATE: New York DOL Amends Regulation Governing Home Health Care Aides Pay
By Arnold Picinich on
Posted in Employment Policies and Practices, Wage and Hour
As previously discussed, recent decisions from the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, found a New York State Department of Labor (“NYDOL”) opinion letter was not a “rational or reasonable” interpretation of New York Labor laws and regulations. In Andryeyeva and Moreno, the Second Department found that “live-in” home health care aides, whom…