Long Island Care at Home, Ltd. v. Coke
| Long Island Care at Home, Ltd. v. Coke | |
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| Argued April 16, 2007 Decided June 11, 2007 | |
| Full case name | Long Island Care at Home, Ltd., et al. v. Coke |
| Docket no. | 06-593 |
| Citations | 551 U.S. 158 (more) |
| Case history | |
| Prior | On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Breyer, joined by unanimous |
Long Island Care at Home Ltd v Coke, 551 U.S. 158 (2007), is a US labor law case, concerning the minimum wage.
Facts
Long Island Care at Home Ltd claimed that it did not need to pay its staff the minimum wage, despite the apparent meaning of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and its rules as clarified by the Department of Labor. It argued that this was true under the Fair Labor Standards Act 1938, 29 USC §213(a)(15) which exempted persons ‘employed in domestic service employment to provide companionship services for individuals … unable to care for themselves.’ The Department of Labor’s General Regulations §552.3 further stated this had to be the ‘private home … of the person by whom he or she is employed.’
Judgment
Justice Breyer wrote for a unanimous court that the care employees were included in the minimum wage.