Eighth Circuit Interprets Private Home under the FLSA Regulations' Companionship Exemption | Practical Law
In Fezard v. United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arkansas, the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that domestic service employees who provided services in their own private homes to individuals with cerebral palsy fit within the companionship services exemption of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and were not entitled to overtime pay.