Bill > S4081

This bill, titled the "Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act," aims to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to ensure that certain caregiving employees receive overtime and minimum wage protections, which they are currently exempted from. Specifically, it proposes to remove the exemption for individuals providing "casual basis in domestic service employment" and replace it with a narrower exemption only for those providing "babysitting services" on a casual basis. The bill further defines "babysitting services" as custodial care for children in their home, but clarifies that this definition does not include services provided by trained personnel like nurses or home care workers, such as home health aides and personal care aides. The term "casual basis" for babysitting is defined as irregular or intermittent employment, not performed by someone whose main job is babysitting, and allows for up to 20% of work time to be spent on unrelated household tasks.

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