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At the eleventh hour, a District of Columbia federal court today issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) preventing a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) rule from taking effect on January 1, 2015 that would have drastically narrowed the "companionship services" exemption from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This order followed the same court's previous ruling on December 22, in which the court struck down another part of the DOL rule that would have prevented third-party employers from availing themselves of the companionship and live-in exemptions at all. Continue reading this entry at Littler's Healthcare Employment Counsel.