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Committee adopts amendment to clarify companionship‑services exclusion, sends SB 15‑18 to Senate floor
Summary
The Senate Committee on Labor and Business adopted a dash‑1 amendment to SB 15‑18 clarifying when companionship services are excluded from minimum‑wage and overtime protections and moved the bill to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation.
The Senate Committee on Labor and Business on Feb. 4 adopted a dash‑1 amendment to Senate Bill 15‑18 and recommended the measure to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation.
The amendment clarifies that the statutory exclusion for "companionship services" follows the federal definition in 29 C.F.R. 552.6 as of Jan. 1, 2016, and that the exclusion does not apply when a worker is employed by a third party business that provides home‑care or companionship services. Whitney, the…
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