Agencies and other third-party employers of live-in household employees and home companionship providers, take note: the long-delayed regulations reclassifying many of these workers as non-exempt employees entitled to minimum wage and overtime under the FLSA are now in effect. 

Since 1974, the FLSA has included an exemption for certain categories of domestic service workers, including

iStock_Nanny_XSmall.jpgAs a working mom, I am lucky to have a husband who is a stay-at-home parent.  Rarely do I have to worry about being late to work because I have to drop my child off at school, or leaving work early to take my child to an after-school activity or doctor’s appointment.  However, many of