Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
9th Cir: Workers at Therapeutic Family Homes are Exempt from FLSA
The 9th Circuit today reversed District Judge Ralph Beistline and held that house parents at Medicaid-funded homes for severely emotionally disturbed children are not protected by the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Court relied largely on two facts: the children received most of their medical and psychological treatment outside the homes, and the employees […]
