On April 24, 2024, the US Department of Labor (DOL) announced the highly anticipated revisions to the salary thresholds for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA’s) “white collar” overtime exemptions. The update significantly...more
The US Department of Labor (DOL) published on January 10, 2024 its long-awaited Final Rule regarding independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), signaling a return to its pre-2021...more
The US Department of Labor seeks to increase the salary levels needed to qualify as exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act’s white-collar and highly compensated exemptions....more
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (which covers California, Nevada, Arizona, Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington) held on October 24 in a unanimous published opinion that because call center...more
The US Department of Labor published a Proposed Rule on October 13 seeking to return to applying a test that would make it more difficult for certain workers to qualify as independent contractors....more
Pennsylvania employers with salaried, nonexempt employees working in the commonwealth may need to adjust how they calculate overtime premiums for these employees in light of amendments to the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act...more
The Virginia Overtime Wage Act imposes a state law obligation to pay overtime and expands upon the federal Fair Labor Standards Act in several important areas. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam recently signed into law the...more
The Final Rule retains the “economic realities” test while focusing on two “core factors” in analyzing whether an individual is an employee or an independent contractor but given the upcoming change in administration,...more
1/7/2021
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The US Department of Labor (DOL) published a Final Rule on June 8 confirming that paying bonuses, commissions, and other incentive-based pay to salaried, nonexempt employees does not disqualify employers from using the...more
A constantly evolving framework of laws governing how multinational businesses can contact customers to how nonprofits report business income to how overtime is calculated and paid will influence how companies do business...more
2/3/2020
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The US Department of Labor has established a traditional control standard for determining joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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The US Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a final rule updating its guidance under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of what payments and benefits can be excluded when calculating the regular rate of pay on which employee...more
The US Department of Labor (DOL) announced the long-awaited final overtime rule on Tuesday. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires employers to pay time-and-a-half rates to workers making less than a threshold amount...more
DOL’s proposed interpretation of the joint employer standard in a recently released notice of proposed rulemaking would revert to a traditional control standard and use a new “four-factor balancing test” for determining joint...more
A recent proposal by the US Department of Labor seeks to provide greater clarity and more examples of the types of payments and benefits that do not need to be included in calculating the regular rate on which an employee’s...more
The US Department of Labor seeks to increase the salary levels needed to qualify as exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act’s white collar standard and highly compensated exemptions....more
The US Department of Labor will now apply a “primary beneficiary” test, which was previously adopted by several courts and provides greater flexibility in structuring internship programs....more
The order invalidates the US Department of Labor’s revisions to the Fair Labor Standards Act regulations for the executive, administrative, and professional overtime exemptions....more
The DOL’s request for public comments concerning the FLSA’s overtime exemptions regulations suggests there could be significant changes ahead on those regulations....more
Contractors and subcontractors that enter into or renew federal contracts after January 1, 2017 should be mindful of requirements to provide detailed wage statements and paid sick leave to covered workers....more
The update significantly increases the salary level needed to qualify as exempt under the FLSA’s white collar and highly compensated exemptions....more
The executive order poses another significant financial and administrative burden for federal contractors.
Continuing his practice of using executive orders to implement his labor and employment agenda, on September 7,...more
9/15/2015
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The proposal seeks to significantly increase the salary level needed to qualify as exempt under the FLSA’s white collar standard and highly compensated exemptions.
On June 30, the US Department of Labor (DOL) announced...more