Our prior Legal Alert regarding President Trump’s January 21, 2025 Executive Order entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (“January 21, 2025 Executive Order”) focused on its rescission...more
Today as millions of employers within the United States strategized and prepared for complying with the January 1, 2025, increased salary threshold for determining the overtime eligibility of its workforce, the Eastern...more
We previously reported on the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) regarding overtime eligibility. The DOL estimated that the NPRM, as drafted, would make approximately 3.6 million U.S. workers...more
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On January 9, 2024, the long-awaited new, final rule on employee or independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act was released by the Department of Labor. The final rule rescinds the...more
As many employers are aware, on Aug. 30, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding overtime eligibility....more
On Wednesday, August 30, 2023, the Department of Labor fulfilled its promise from its spring regulatory agenda and announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding overtime eligibility. Prior to issuing this NPRM,...more