U.S. Supreme Court Denies Au Pair Hosts’ Petition In State Regulations Suit

Mealey's (June 22, 2020, 2:07 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on June 22 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by families hosting au pairs who sought to appeal after the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that Massachusetts regulations that provide overtime pay to au pairs and have tighter restrictions than federal regulations are not preempted by the U.S. Department of State’s (DOS) “au pair program” (Erin Capron, et al. v. Office of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al., No. 19-1031, U.S. Sup.)....