As covered in our April 2024 blog and client alert, the US Department of Labor has unveiled a new rule, substantially increasing the salary threshold for exemptions to mandatory time-and-a-half overtime, that is set to take...more
6/25/2024
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While the return of spring is a happy time for baseball fans, employers may be feeling a little less festive this April. Companies across the U.S. have been bracing for two significant regulations that were expected to be...more
4/24/2024
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This fall, employers may be faced with tough choices about how to handle overtime pay – at least, if the US Department of Labor (“DOL”) has its way. Today, the DOL announced a notice of proposed rulemaking that would make it...more
March 2021 has been a busy month in Washington, D.C. In addition to the passage of the American Rescue Plan (which includes tax updates relevant to employers), there have been three notable developments in the labor and...more
3/19/2021
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The “joint employer” test, which determines which organizations are liable for employee discrimination, wage and hour, and labor law claims, has in many ways resembled a game of legal “Whack-A-Mole” over the years. Indeed,...more
On March 7, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division announced a long-expected change to the salary threshold for exemptions to mandatory overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The new...more
The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) mandates the payment of minimum wage and overtime to employees in most US workplaces. However, when it comes to unpaid educational internships, the FLSA does not include a helpful...more
On August 31, 2017, a federal judge in Texas struck down an Obama-era Department of Labor rule that would have roughly doubled the salary threshold, under which all workers are guaranteed overtime under the Fair Labor...more
9/5/2017
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For the past few years, HR legalist has been following the Department of Labor’s proposed overtime rule, which would have roughly doubled the salary threshold under which employees are guaranteed overtime pay, and made...more
7/13/2017
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In a Department of Labor news release yesterday, new U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta announced the withdrawal of two Obama-era Administrator Interpretations, effectively rolling back the scope of the Fair Labor...more
During the Obama administration, federal agencies enacted wage and hour regulations that tended to favor employees, even while the federal minimum wage remained unchanged. State and local governments also played a role,...more
Since March of 2014, HR Legalist has been tracking a big change to the federal overtime rules. When the preliminary rule was announced last July, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) made it clear that the exemption rules would...more
As previously reported by HR Legalist, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) has proposed an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) that will change the rules about which employees are exempt from overtime for working...more
Since 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) has set the federal minimum wage and mandated overtime pay (time and a half) for employees who work over 40 hours during a 7-day period. The FLSA exempts employees from the...more