Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Department of Labor announced its final rule updating and revising the regulations issued under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regarding the earnings thresholds necessary to exempt executive,...more
9/25/2019
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Earlier last week, the comment period ended for the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division’s proposed rule increasing the salary threshold for the FLSA’s white collar exemption. The proposal received more than...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In the latest chapter in the ongoing saga of the U.S. Department of Labor’s efforts to increase the salary threshold required for most white-collar exemptions, on March 7, 2019, the Department announced a...more
3/13/2019
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White-Collar Exemptions
Since 2015, we have been following the saga of the salary threshold for the FLSA’s white-collar exemptions (most of them, at least). ...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On June 30, the Department of Labor filed its reply brief to support its appeal from a preliminary injunction that enjoined the DOL from implementing its 2016 revisions to the salary-level tests for...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On June 30, the Department of Labor filed its reply brief to support its appeal from a preliminary injunction that enjoined the DOL from implementing its 2016 revisions to the salary-level tests for...more
At last, the federal government has filed its reply brief in the Fifth Circuit concerning its appeal from a Texas district court’s order preliminarily enjoining the 2016 revisions to the FLSA’s executive, administrative, and...more
As you have no doubt heard, the Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division (“WHD”) has proposed revisions to the regulations defining which of your white-collar employees qualify as exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s...more
7/31/2015
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