Continuing Labor’s Divide: Government Sanctions Exploitation

By Mark R. Humowiecki, Esq., and Piper Hoffman, Esq.

July 2008

In Coke v. Long Island Care at Home, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that in-home care workers are excluded from the minimum wage and overtime protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act, upholding the Department of Labor’s redefinition of “companion” and “babysitter” to exclude a growing sector of the workforce. The authors discuss the ramifications such decisions have on the workforce.