( June 12, 2023, 1:19 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A joint employment question posed by a Los Angeles County department after a divided Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled that in-home supportive services (IHSS) providers may proceed with overtime claims against the county on behalf of a collective after showing that the county and care recipients were joint employers and the county could be liable for unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) won’t be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court after the justices denied the department’s petition for a writ of certiorari on June 12....