This bill removes certain caregiving workers from federal wage exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act, requiring employers to pay them minimum wage and overtime protections. Specifically, the legislation eliminates a broad exemption that currently allows home care workers—including home health aides and personal care aides—to be excluded from these protections, while narrowing the exemption to apply only to casual babysitting (irregular childcare not performed by trained professionals or someone whose main job is babysitting). The bill redefines "casual basis" babysitting to mean irregular or intermittent work that isn't someone's primary vocation, and clarifies that babysitters can perform some incidental household tasks as long as such work doesn't exceed 20 percent of their total hours. The legislation directly affects home care workers, home health aides, and personal care aides who provide care in private homes, extending them the same wage and overtime protections that other workers receive. No specific funding amounts or implementation timelines are included in the bill text.
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