Jackson Lewis: Personal Attendant Who Performs Routine Health-related Tasks Not Disqualified from Overtime Exemption under California Law | Practical Law

Jackson Lewis: Personal Attendant Who Performs Routine Health-related Tasks Not Disqualified from Overtime Exemption under California Law | Practical Law

This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis LLP discusses Cash v. Winn, in which the California Fourth District Court of Appeal clarified the personal attendant overtime exemption under Wage Order 15. The court held that a personal attendant who is exempt from overtime is not disqualified from the exemption if less than 20% of his job duties include routine health-related services, such as taking a person's temperature, checking his pulse or assisting with an over-the-counter blood sugar test.

Jackson Lewis: Personal Attendant Who Performs Routine Health-related Tasks Not Disqualified from Overtime Exemption under California Law

by Jackson Lewis LLP
Published on 15 May 2012California, United States
This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis LLP discusses Cash v. Winn, in which the California Fourth District Court of Appeal clarified the personal attendant overtime exemption under Wage Order 15. The court held that a personal attendant who is exempt from overtime is not disqualified from the exemption if less than 20% of his job duties include routine health-related services, such as taking a person's temperature, checking his pulse or assisting with an over-the-counter blood sugar test.