POSTED ON MONDAY, August 10, 2020
Last week, the Southern District of New York ruled that under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), many home-based care agencies are no longer considered health care providers, meaning they’ll now be forced to abide by robust federal paid-time-off mandates.
“There’s a tremendous amount of confusion [over this], and I think that a lot of providers do not understand what the impact of this decision is — and what it means,” Angelo Spinola, an attorney and shareholder at law firm Littler Mendelson, said on an emergency, industry-wide webinar addressing the ruling Thursday.
“[A great deal of providers] will no longer be able to utilize — at least as of today — the health care provider exemption,” Spinola said. “That’s irrespective of what kind of employees — caregivers or office staff. That’s the major takeaway.”
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