SECOND OF TWO EXEMPTIONS TO IHSS & WAIVER PERSONAL CARE SERVICES OVERTIME CAP

SACRAMENTO, CA [BY MARTY OMOTO, CDCAN – LAST UPDATED 04/05/2016 12:20 PM] – The California Department of Social Services, the state agency that oversees statewide the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, released April 1^st a new notice to the counties – called an “All County Letter” (All County Letter No. 16-22) – with information and instructions regarding the second of two “extraordinary circumstances exemptions” to overtime rules for persons who are IHSS providers who work for two or more people who receive IHSS, under certain specific conditions.
As previously reported, the US Department of Labor regulations requiring travel and wait time pay and also overtime for previously exempted home care workers across the nation – including in California, IHSS, Waiver Personal Care Services workers, and regional center funded home care services (Supported Living Services, In-Home Respite Services and Personal Assistance Services) – were slated to go into effect January 1, 2015. Read more here and see link below:

Waiver Personal Care Services Overtime Implementation