2026 Employment Law Update for Home Care Employers

Program Description:

Think employment law compliance is just “pay everyone on time and call it a day”? If only. Join Littler’s Josh Vaughn for a fast, funny, and highly practical update of what’s changed in the last year and what’s coming in employment law. From updates on the FLSA Companionship and Live-In exemption regulations to wage-and-hour traps and audit nightmares to I 9 enforcement and real-world fixes that actually work, this session covers the pitfalls keeping owners up at night. Plus, bring your questions—leave with answers, action steps, and maybe even a laugh or two.

HCSSA Topic(s) Addressed:

• §558.259[c][2]information on the state and federal laws applicable to an agency
• §558.259[d][4] agency responsibilities
• §558.260[a][3] basic principles of management in a licensed health-related setting

Education-Training Credits:

• TX HCSSA Administrator/Alternate Continuing Education
  • 1.0 Clock Hr(s)

About the Presenter(s): Joshua Vaughn

Josh Vaughn is an employment defense litigator. He regularly advises, represents, and defends home and healthcare employers, start-ups, and third-party staffing companies in state and federal courts throughout the United States. Josh has significant experience defending against claims for overtime (exemption misclassification, off-the-clock, overtime rate calculation), misclassification of independent contractors, minimum wage, meal and rest breaks, reporting time and split shifts, expense reimbursements, and waiting-time penalties.

Josh also counsels and defends home care agencies on the unique pre-employment, ongoing employment, and end-of-employment issues. He has represented home care agencies and franchise systems in class and collective action litigation brought by private plaintiffs and the U.S. Department of Labor, investigations by federal and state labor departments, investigations by federal and state equal employment agencies, and investigations by the U.S. Office of Inspector General.