Current Executive Compensation Trends in Private Equity Transactions — Troutman Pepper Podcast
TRAs: Benefits, Complexities (and Private Jets) Explained with Tax Attorney David Peck
Revisiting Financial Institution Incentive Compensation Rules Under Dodd-Frank — The Consumer Finance Podcast
DE Under 3: FAR Council Seeks to Require Federal Contractors to Report First-Tier Subcontractor Information, Including Potentially Executive Compensation Data
Multiemployer Pension Plans in Mergers and Acquisitions — Troutman Pepper Podcast
Equity Award Delegations for Publicly Traded Companies — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation: Getting Ready for 2024 – Top-Hat Plans — Special Edition Podcast
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation: Getting Ready for 2024 - Health and Welfare Plan Developments — Special Edition Podcast
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation: Getting Ready for 2024 - Qualified Plans — Special Edition Podcast
Navigating Noncompetes: A Comprehensive Guide – Part 1 – Hiring to Firing Podcast
December 1st Deadline to Adopt Executive Compensation Clawback Policies — The Consumer Finance Podcast
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Partial Plan Terminations
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Using Equity Incentives to Attract and Retain Key Team Members
Podcast: California Employment News - The Executive Pay Exemption
California Employment News: The Executive Pay Exemption
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Meet the Securities and Exchange (and Human Resources) Commission
What Non-US Startups Need to Know About Granting Stock Options
Change of Control: Golden Parachute Rules in the Sale Process
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PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Plan Administrators’ 2020 Year-End Checklist
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, in State of Texas, et al. v. United States Department of Labor, et al. vacated the latest overtime rule by the Department of Labor (DOL) on November 15, 2024. The...more
On November 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Department of Labor’s (DOL) 2024 overtime rule, which significantly raised the salary thresholds for overtime exemptions under the...more
A federal district invalidated on a nationwide basis the regulation issued last April by the U.S. Department of Labor that increased the minimum salary required under federal law for employees otherwise qualifying as exempt...more
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas recently vacated the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) regulations issued in April 2024 that increase the salary threshold necessary to satisfy the Executive,...more
As we reported earlier this year, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a final rule on April 23, 2024 (the “Final Rule”), raising the salary threshold for the so-called “White-Collar” Exemptions and the Highly Compensated...more
On November 15, 2024, in State of Texas, et al. v. United States Department of Labor, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) April 23, 2024 final rule that...more
On Nov. 15, 2024, a federal judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down a Biden-era rule that would have expanded overtime payments for millions of employees through a modification...more
In a major decision issued on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down a Department of Labor (DOL) rule that raised the minimum salary threshold required for executive,...more
In a highly anticipated decision, a federal district court in Texas has vacated the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) 2024 Final Rule increasing the salary threshold for application of the executive, administrative, and...more
On November 15, 2024, a federal judge in Texas ruled that the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) exceeded its authority when it issued a final regulation significantly raising salary thresholds for the executive,...more
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has vacated and set aside the Department of Labor’s rule raising the salary threshold for exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The decision...more
The 2024 increases to the overtime exemption threshold are vacated nationwide and revert to the prior threshold of just under $36,000. We advised you last month that the Federal Rule increasing the minimums for overtime...more
On Friday, November 15, a federal court in the Eastern District of Texas vacated the U.S. Department of Labor’s 2024 Final Rule which sought to dramatically increase the minimum salary levels required for an employee to...more
Major League Baseball Hall of Fame Manager Earl Weaver managed his way to 1,480 wins. When asked how, Mr. Weaver cut to the chase: “The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three-run homers.” While...more
Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced its final overtime rule that completes the rulemaking process announced in August 2023 and raises the salary basis for overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards...more
April 23, 2024, has been a very busy day on the employment front, with significant, far-reaching moves at the federal level. Non-Compete Ban- First, in a watershed vote during an open commission meeting today, the...more
Ringing in the new year means a host of new employment laws that are now effective and on the horizon for New York employers. With the state very busy at year-end, employers should take note of new laws impacting the...more
In any litigation, obviously, the plaintiff(s) bear an initial burden of proof that must be met before the burden shifts to the defendant to rebut. In a Fair Labor Standards Act case, especially an overtime case, that...more
The United States Supreme Court just issued a new ruling on the salary basis test for exempt executive employees. Before we get to that, here is a quick background on the salary basis and executive employee tests, which are...more
After an extensive analysis of the Fair Labor Standard Act’s (FLSA) provisions governing overtime pay as applied to highly-paid employees, the Supreme Court has upheld the FLSA’s “salary basis test” – finding that not only is...more
On October 12, 2022, the Supreme Court held oral argument to address the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Hewitt v. Helix Energy Sols. Group, Inc., 15 F.4th 289 (5th Cir. 2021), cert. granted,...more
Second of two on the FLSA. NOTE FROM ROBIN: In March, I began a series of very basic explanations of the federal laws that govern the workplace. The first installment covered discrimination in general, the second...more
This past weekend, Governor Tom Wolf’s new legislation went into effect, expanding Pennsylvania’s Minimum Wage Act (MWA) regulating overtime pay. The legislation increases the minimum salary an employee can earn and still be...more
The profound impact of the measures being taken to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) is creating a host of issues for businesses and their employees. Legal concerns relate to corporate governance,...more
Sunday’s release of a long-awaited Labor Department final rule on joint employment spells trouble for workers hoping to “sue large companies for wrongdoing by contractors or franchisees.” The rule reverses Obama-era policies...more