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DOL Compliance Assistance Program

Wage & Hour

Labor law is one of the few areas where federal standards are stricter than state standards, and employers must always comply with the most stringent requirements. ANCOR has worked with U.S. Department of Labor officials since 1973 to understand the application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to community residences. ANCOR Wage & Hour Consultant Joni Fritz has become a recognized expert in this complicated area, continually negotiating for flexibility in the way sleep time and other requirements are handled.

ANCOR contracts with Joni Fritz to provide Wage and Houre guidance. There is no cost to ANCOR members for phone guidance, or to organizations insured by the Irwin Siegel Agency, but others will be billed $30 for up to the first half-hour and $10 for each additional 10 minutes of a call. Please call ANCOR at 703-535-7850 for information on how to contact Joni.

The 2004 edition of ANCOR's Wage and Hour Handbook has been revised for the new millennium and has over 170 pages of regulatory information. The publication contains the latest rules and interpretations from the US Department of Labor relative to employment in residential or support services for people with disabilities, including detailed information regarding the the Department's new rules on exemptions for executive, administrative and professional employees. The Handbook outlines when exemptions may and may not be used, gives sample staffing patterns for residential staff, and much more. ANCOR members: $45.00; non-members: $65.00 includes postage.

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FLSA

DOL FMLA Proposed Rule (February 11, 2008)
Labor Standards Information for New and Small Businesses (November 2007)
House Holds Hearing on Companionship Legislation (October 26, 2007)
ICI Minimum Wage Fact Sheet for People with Disabilities (June 2007)
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds DOL Regulation on Third Party Companionship Exemption (June 12, 2007)
Changes in State Minimum Wage Laws 1968-2006 (January 2007)
NCSL Letter to Congress in Support on Minimum Wage Increase (January 17, 2007)
House to Vote on Minimum Wage Bill (H.R.2) (January 8, 2007)
CBO Estimates of Federal Minimum Wage Increase (December 29, 2007)
2004 2nd Circuit Court Decision in Evelyn Coke v. Long Island Care at Home
2003 DOL Amicus Brief in Coke "Companionship" Case
Cautions to Observe When Paying Employees on a "Fee-for-Service" Basis (LINKS, September 2006, pg. 15)
NCSL Letter to Congressional Panel Supporting Wage Increase (July 28, 2006)
DOL December Companionship Advisory Memo (December, 2005)
Companionship: Discussion of Coke v. Long Island Care 2nd Circut Court Decision (Joni Fritz, November 2004) (December 9, 2004)
Federal Wage and Hour Guidance: Sleep Time for "Permanent" Residents Redefined by U.S. Department of Labor (September, 2004) by Joni Fritz ((DOL letter regarding sleeptime issue is available on ANCOR Members Only Site Under Documents of Interest)
DOL's FLSA Overtime Security Advisor (August, 2004)
ANCOR Wage and Hour Exemption Rule Audioconference Handout (May, 2004) by ANCOR Consultant Joni Fritz (Available on ANCOR Members Only Site Under Documents of Interest)
Analysis of New DOL White Collar Exemption Rule by ANCOR Consultant Joni Fritz (May, 2004) (Available on ANCOR Members Only Site Under Documents of Interest)
Alert on Wage and Hour Begins Survey of FLSA Compliance by Residential Care
- Facilities and Group Homes (March 4, 2004)
- Fact Sheet #33: Residential Care Facilities (Group Homes)
- Fact Sheet #53: The Health Care Industry and Hours Worked
- Fact Sheet #54: The Health Care Industry and Calculating Overtime Pay
- Fact Sheet #52: The Health Care Industry and Youth Employment
U.S. Congress Narrowly Fails to Block Rule Changes for "White Collar" Workers, But Clarification and Simplification of DOL Rule Needed (July 2003)
ANCOR Comments on DOL Overtime and Exemption Proposed Rule (June, 2003)
DOL Proposes New White Collar Overtime and Exemption Rule (April, 2003)
Law Firm Advisory Opinion Concerning Foster Care Tax Reporting Requirements (September 11, 2002)
DOL Publishes Changes to Companionship Exemption Under the Fair Labor Standards Act: Changes Would Include Elimination of Exemption for Third Party Employers (February, 2001)
ANCOR Opposes DOL Proposed Changes to Companionship Exemption
(March 20, 2001)