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IFA STATEMENT ON COURT RULING VACATING DOL OVERTIME REGULATIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 22, 2014 – International Franchise Association (IFA) Executive Vice President of Government Relations & Public Policy Robert Cresanti today issued the following statement regarding the ruling by U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia vacating the U.S. Department of Labor’s regulations on overtime rules for home care workers:
“Earlier this year, the IFA united with the Home Care Association of America and the National Association for Home Care and Hospice to fight yet another example of regulatory overreach of power by the U.S. Department of Labor. By promulgating regulations to eliminate the overtime exemption for companion care workers, the administration threatened affordable care for seniors and the disabled and put many franchise small businesses and their employees in jeopardy by subjecting them to potentially unsustainable costs. Today’s victory is a small but important step in protecting clients, workers and local franchise business owners in the home care industry. While we are mindful that only part of the DOL’s damaging regulation has been vacated thus far, we are encouraged by the court’s willingness to hold the Administration accountable for misguided policies pursued in defiance of congressional intent and legal precedent. As the court accurately stated, the DOL’s action was, “a wholesale arrogation of Congress’s authority in this area,” and, “yet another thinly-veiled effort to do through regulation what could not be done through legislation.”
To read the ruling in its entirety, please click here.
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