| US Supreme Court Rules Home Health Care Workers Not Entitled To ...
The Supreme Court on Monday in a 9-0 decision ruled that federal minimum wage and overtime laws do not apply to home care workers, the AP/Lincoln Journal Star reports (Yost, AP/Lincoln Journal Star, 5/11). In the case, Evelyn Coke, a 73-year-old immigrant from Jamaica, filed a lawsuit against New York-based Long Island Care at Home to challenge Department of Labor regulations that exempt home care workers from the laws. The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case after the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the regulations, which the court said conflicted with congressional intent.
Congress in 1974 amended the Fair Labor Standards Act to extend federal minimum wage and overtime laws to household workers but exempted baby sitters and "companions" for the elderly and those with illnesses.
Roberts named child care director for FMU center
Frances B. Roberts of Bishopville has been appointed child care director for the Gail and Terry Richardson Center for the Child at Francis Marion University, effective July 1. Roberts has been coordinator in Florence School District 1 for Even Start, a Child Development Education pilot program, for the past two years, developing and implementing family literacy programs that enable preschool children to enter school ready to succeed. She will be responsible for heading the center that will serve 100 preschool children ages infant to 5 years. The center also will be a training facility for FMU students in early childhood education, psychology, nursing and a site for research and community services. She will direct and plan all activities and programs associated with the center and develop and implement educational programs, curricula and activities.
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