New York Court Of Appeals Upholds Ruling On 24-Hour Home Health Shifts To Allow Paying For Only 13 Hours If Meal & Sleep Breaks Are Provided

On March 23, 2019, the New York State Court of Appeals upheld a ruling that said home health provider organizations are not required to pay non-live-in home health care attendants who work 24-hour shifts for more than 13 hours of work as long as the workers are provided with scheduled, uninterrupted sleep and meal times. The worker must be allowed three hours of scheduled meal break time, and a scheduled sleep break of eight hours, during which the worker actually has five hours of uninterrupted sleep. If the employer fails to provide the full meal breaks and . . .