David Rodwin Quoted in Article on Home Care Worker Wage Rights
Murphy Anderson attorney David Rodwin was quoted in a Law360 article on rapidly changing state and federal requirements affecting home care workers’ wages.
A regulation finalized by the Obama administration clarified that most home care workers have federal minimum wage and overtime protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act. That rule has been in effect since January 1, 2015. Now, however, the Trump Administration has proposed a rule that would strip these protections from home care workers.
Rodwin, who also wrote a public comment opposing the rule change, said, "The current federal administration's decision to take several steps backwards on home care worker rights specifically is really tragic and is going to set those workers back and have some far-reaching consequences across the country."
Bills have been introduced in the U.S. House and Senate that would amend the FLSA to explicitly protect the rights of home care workers. For the moment, those bills are unlikely to move forward. Individual states are also passing their own laws to protect home care workers, but Rodwin said that only does so much.
"In the absence of federal protections, it's even more important for states to do what's within their power to ensure that these workers have state law minimum wage and overtime protections,” Rodwin said. “But that can't get you into federal court. It doesn't provide federal protections and everything that goes along with that."
Max Kutner wrote the article for Law360. It was published on March 16, 2026.