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The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has announced that it will hold off on bringing enforcement actions against employers for violating the new minimum wage and overtime requirements imposed by the controversial home care regulations that take effect on January 1, 2015. Issued over a year ago, the WHD rule eliminates the FLSA's minimum wage and overtime exemption for home care workers employed by home care agencies and other companies. The rule also significantly narrows the exemption for home care workers employed directly by the individuals or families receiving home care services. Continue reading this entry at Littler's Workplace Policy Update.