WSJ: Labor Department to Appeal Court Ruling on Pay for Home-Health Workers (link added)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-to-appeal-court-ruling-on-pay-for-home-health-workers-1422032727
The Obama administration and worker advocacy groups are pushing for minimum wage and overtime pay for home-health workers. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG NEWS
By MELANIE TROTTMAN
Jan. 23, 2015 12:05 p.m. ET
WASHINGTONThe Labor Department said it would appeal a federal district court ruling that struck down the agencys regulation extending minimum wage and overtime pay to most home-health workers.
The department filed a notice of appeal late Thursday with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and said a brief would be filed soon. The trial court struck down one portion of the rule in a decision last month, then struck down a remaining section last week, saying the rule as written first requires an act of Congress.
The decisions by Judge Richard Leon were a blow to the Obama administration, worker advocacy groups and workers who fought for the added protections, but a victory for trade groups that challenged the rule on behalf of third-party home care providers.
FULL story at link.