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The United States Department of Labor (DOL) holds significant discretion over how the companionship exemption is interpreted and applied in the workplace. Under the DOL's current interpretation, the companionship exemption applies to most home care workers (also known as personal care assistants), allowing their employers—unless they are in a state with regulations superseding those at the ...
The common legal opinion on federal child labor regulation reversed in the 1930s. Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938 regulating the employment of those under 16 or 18 years of age, and the Supreme Court upheld the law. [12] After this shift, the amendment has been described as "moot" [13] and effectively part of the ...
The bill would have amended the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to $10.10 per hour over the course of a two-year period. [75] The bill was strongly supported by President Barack Obama and many of the Democratic senators, but strongly opposed by Republicans in the Senate and House. [76 ...
That includes the bipartisan Tax Relief for American Workers and Families Act, which was passed in the House on Jan. 31, 2024, and would be retroactive if signed into law soon, explained Wheelwright.
The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act is a $78 billion package that would expand the Child Tax Credit (a tax benefit that provides money to parents), restore business tax breaks, increase federal funding for states to encourage the development of low-income housing, deepen economic ties between the United States and Taiwan and end a pandemic-era employer tax benefit.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which was enacted during president-elect Trump’s first term, is destined to expire at the end of 2025, which would bring back prior rules and generally higher ...
The Social Security program seems to face constant changes -- especially lately. A new Social Security reform bill (HR-4583) was recently introduced to the House of Representatives, and could ...
First, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 created a minimum wage (now $7.25 at federal level, higher in 28 states) and overtime pay of one and a half times. Second, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 creates very limited rights to take unpaid leave. In practice, good employment contracts improve on these minimums.