Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, FRANCHISING & DISTRIBUTION NEWS: IFA lauds stay of home health care worker overtime rule, (Jan 5, 2015)

The International Franchise Association (IFA) issued a statement on December 31, following the recent decision by the federal district court for the District of Columbia, vacating a portion of a Department of Labor (DOL) regulation removing an exemption from overtime requirements afforded to third-party employers of domestic service workers (Home Care Association v. Weil). The IFA, along with the National Association of Home Care and Hospice and the Home Care Association of America, was a plaintiff in the lawsuit opposing the regulation.

“Last week, the court rightly rejected a portion of the DOL’s most recent overreaching regulations that would have disrupted the growth and prosperity of local franchise business owners across the country,’ stated IFA President & CEO Steve Caldeira. “Today’s temporary stay of other parts of the rule is an acknowledgement that these damaging provisions should be subject to very close scrutiny by the courts, and the IFA and its co-plaintiffs will continue to vigorously challenge the ill-conceived regulations through litigation.”

“Today’s ruling is a significant step in protecting clients, workers and local franchise business owners in the home care industry,” Candeira continued. “It is a great example of the courts weighing in to stop executive overreach at the expense of business owners and the creation of business certainty. We are continuously encouraged by the court’s willingness to hold the Administration accountable for misguided policies pursued in defiance of congressional intent and legal precedent.”

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