Taking the Overtime issue to the U.S. Supreme Court
By Stephen Tweed
To Pay or Not to Pay ... overtime that is.
The question of whether private pay home care companies will have to pay overtime to caregivers is still alive. The Home Care Association of America and the National Association for Home Care and Hospice have filed a Motion for Stay with the US Court of Appeals.
The Plaintiffs see the Motion for Stay as a key step in the appeal to the Supreme Court. If a stay is not granted, the rules will go into effect on or about October 13, 2015 (depending on the speed of the lower court's action) even if there is an appeal pending before the Supreme Court. In the event that the Court of Appeals denies the stay request, NAHC intends to seek a stay through the Supreme Court itself. Such a request would be handled by Chief Justice Roberts as he is responsible for such matters involving the District of Columbia appellate circuit.
According to the 2015 Private Duty Benchmarking Study from Home Care Pulse, the number one thing that sets home care providers apart from their competition is "Caregivers - High Quality." In another part of the study, 62.8% of home care company owners listed "Caregiver Shortages" among the top three threats facing their companies.
Finding and Keeping caregivers is critical to your company's success.
The Private Duty Field Trip is a unique opportunity to get inside the offices and the minds of these highly successful business owners. Nowhere else will you ever have the opportunity for this intimate look inside a highly successful home care company so that you can see exactly how they do it.
September 22-23, 2015: Virginia Beach, (Seniorcorp) (FULL)