Federal judge halts implementation of new IHSS overtime rules

On January 14, 2015, Judge Richard Leon of the U.S. District Court, District of Columbia issued a ruling vacating the U.S. Department of Labor’s revised companionship services definition scheduled to take effect the following day. In response, CDSS has postponed changes related to overtime, travel time and wait time pay for all IHSS providers. The forms and notices previously issued to implement the changes will not be used. Notices were to issue to all IHSS providers and recipients informing them 2014 hours allocations will remain in effect and the planned 61-hour limit will not take effect. The Department of Labor has appealed Judge Leon’s ruling.  ACL 15-10.