February 26, 2025
The Third Circuit won't touch its decision affirming the U.S. Department of Labor's $7 million win in a lawsuit accusing a Pennsylvania home care company of failing to pay workers for time spent traveling between clients' homes, rejecting the employer's argument that the decision allows for federal agency overreach.
February 14, 2025
A Third Circuit panel's decision in a U.S. Department of Labor suit that a home health agency needed to pay $7 million to home health aides for travel time creates a new, unsupported law, the company said, urging the full court to jump in.
January 31, 2025
The Third Circuit refused on Friday to overturn a $7 million judgment in favor of the U.S. Department of Labor in its lawsuit against a home care company, saying the time workers spent traveling between clients' homes is fundamental to their jobs and must be compensated.
September 16, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor said the overturning of Chevron deference has no bearing on its case against a home care company for stiffing workers of travel-time pay, arguing that the regulations at issue don't invoke such an analysis, according to a letter filed by the department.
September 06, 2024
A home care company told the Third Circuit not to defer to the U.S. Department of Labor's interpretation of when travel time between worksites should be compensated, saying recent Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court rulings show the court shouldn't give credence to agency definitions.
June 05, 2024
A Third Circuit panel tried on Wednesday to pin down when the U.S. Department of Labor and an in-home care agency believed that employees were off-duty or just traveling between jobs, and whether the company's lack of travel-time records left it open to a $7 million judgment based on government estimates.
May 31, 2024
Several cases are heating up the Third Circuit argument calendar in June, including a home care company's attempt to duck a $7 million payout to thousands of workers who claimed the company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by not compensating them for travel time.