Are they Really Coming Back: The Status of the Companionship and Domestic Service Exemptions and How Potential Changes May Benefit Your Agency

Join Polsinelli Shareholders Angelo Spinola and Jack Blum for a webinar discussing the potential return of the companionship and domestic services exemptions. They will explain the history of the exemptions, the current status and timeline of the DOL’s proposal to reinstate these exemptions and the impact the proposed changes to the exemptions will have on your agency’s current requirement to pay minimum wages and overtime to personal care aides providing non-medical assistance to individuals who need help with daily living activities. Angelo and Jack will also discuss what agency owners can do to maximize the likelihood that these changes occur.

Agenda

• History and timeline of the companionship and domestic services exemptions
• DOL proposal to rescind the 2013 regulations and anticipated timelines
• Summary of ongoing advocacy efforts and provider call to action
• Review of independent state overtime law obligations
• Agency best practices under the proposed changes