January 31, 2024
A home healthcare agency urged a Pennsylvania federal judge not to grant the U.S. Department of Labor's request to enter a $95 million judgment against it, saying that it contracted with workers and could not be considered their employer or be held liable for wage violations.
October 17, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor called on a Pennsylvania federal judge to enter a nearly $100 million judgment against a home nursing agency, arguing there was no question that nurses were not overtime-exempt and that their pay rates were manipulated to avoid overtime premiums.
September 05, 2023
A firm that provides nurses to homebound clients may not proceed with a counterclaim that the U.S. Department of Labor arbitrarily stripped it of its right to exempt employees from overtime pay requirements, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled, because that claim is untimely.