• LETTER ANNOUNCING REVISIONS TO WAGE PARITY REQUIREMENT DUE DATES - (Web) - (PDF) - September 21, 2023
• ADDITIONAL 2022 Wage Parity Compliance and Certification Guidance UPDATE - (Web) - (PDF) - August 18, 2022
• 2022 Wage Parity Compliance and Certification Guidance UPDATE (PDF) - April 27, 2022
• Wage Parity Compliance and Certification Guidance May 11, 2021
• Home Care Worker Wage Parity Minimum Rate of Total Compensation in:
  • New York City - October 31, 2017
  • Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester Counties - October 31, 2017
• Wage Parity Guidance to Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Service (CDPAS) Fiscal Intermediaries (Fi) - June 14, 2017
  • 2017 Wage Parity Rates for CDPAS - New York City
  • 2017 Wage Parity Rates for CDPAS for Nassau/Suffolk/Westchester
  • Fiscal Intermediary for CDPAS Quarterly Certification of Compliance - February 22, 2018
• Nassau/Suffolk/Westchester - November 17, 2016
• New York City - November 17, 2016
• Westchester/Long Island - November 2, 2015
• New York City - November 2, 2015
• DAL #DHCBS 11-09 - August 22, 2011
• New York City - Update November 25 2014
• Westchester/Long Island - November 3, 2014

Information regarding minimum wage compliance and rate reimbursements.

• Minimum Wage Implementation Guidance

FAQs

• DAL and FAQ - October 28 2011
• January 20, 2012
• February 17, 2012
• January 17 2014
• May 30, 2014

• April 23, 2014
• Application (Revised) August 11, 2014
• QIVAPP FAQs
  • August 6, 2014
  • August 19, 2014
  • March 20, 2015
• Webinar - April 15, 2015
  • Webinar FAQs - April 29, 2015

Important Update:

October 13, 2015 is the implementation date of the United States Department of Labor application of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to Domestic Service regulation.

• Application Alert
• Application for Consumer Directed FLSA BIP Payment Program - October 5, 2015
• FLSA Q & A - October 21, 2015

On January 22, 2015, the Department of Labor filed an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the lawsuit brought by associations of home care companies challenging the Home Care Final Rule.

On January 14, 2015, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon issued an opinion and order vacating the Final Rule´s revised definition of companionship services.
The Department of Health is in the process of reviewing this Order.

• Application for Consumer Directed FLSA BIP Payment Program (PDF)
• Consumer Directed FLSA BIP Application Cover
• Consumer Directed FLSA BIP Q and A - December 16, 2014