Subject: Fw: Home Care Update: New Guidance Available
From: "Michael B" <[email-masked]>
To: "Becca Hawn" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:07:26 -0500

Home Care Update: New Guidance AvailableNot sure if you need this or not.
Thank you,
Michael B
LLPS

From: Laura Fortman 
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 1:06 PM
To: [email-masked] 
Subject: Home Care Update: New Guidance Available

      Thank you for your interest in the Department of Labor's (DOL) Final Rule concerning domestic service employment, which extended minimum wage and overtime protections to most home care workers. 

      Questions from stakeholders indicated a need for additional guidance about whether, when, and in what amount employers may credit toward wages the value of lodging provided to live-in home care workers. DOL has just issued a new guidance document explaining the requirements for taking a lodging credit under section 3(m) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), as well as the proper method of accounting for this credit in calculating wages, with many examples involving home care workers. Additionally, DOL has issued answers to frequently-asked questions on this topic. 

      These documents are now available on our website at

      http://www.dol.gov/whd/homecare/credit_wages.htm

      Questions may be directed to 1-866-4-USWAGE (1-866-487-9243.)

      Thank you,

      Laura Fortman

      Deputy Administrator, Wage and Hour Division

      U.S. Department of Labor

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