Home Care Ass'n v. Weil, No. 15-5018 (D.C. Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseThree associations of home care agencies filed suit challenging the Department's extension of the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq., minimum-wage and overtime provisions to employees of third-party agencies who provide companionship services and live-in care within a home. The district court invalidated the Department’s new regulations, concluding that they contravene the terms of the FLSA exemptions. The court concluded, however, that the Supreme Court's decision in Long Island Care at Home Ltd. v. Coke, confirms that the FLSA vests the Department with discretion to apply (or not to apply) the companionship-services and live-in exemptions to employees of third-party agencies. Therefore, the Department’s decision to extend the FLSA’s protections to those employees is grounded in a reasonable interpretation of the statute and is neither arbitrary nor capricious. Accordingly, the court reversed the district court's judgment and remanded for the grant of summary judgment to the Department.
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