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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

DOL’s final rule: You say “overtime” I say “salary thresholds”

The US Department of Labor (DOL) released its final rule to increase the federal salary threshold for exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) on April 23, 2024. DOL had previously issued On August 30, 2023, the US...more

Bodman

Department of Labor Proposes an Increase to the FLSA Exempt Employee Salary Threshold; Is 2023(4) the New 2019 or 2017?

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On August 30, 2023 the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced the much anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) which, if implemented, would increase certain otherwise salary exempt employees’ compensation under...more

Troutman Pepper

Department of Labor Introduces New Proposal to Revise Salary Threshold

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On August 30, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking to increase the white-collar exemption salary threshold — that is, the amount an executive, administrative, or professional employee...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

DOL Delivers a Proposed Salary Bump to FLSA Overtime Thresholds for Labor Day

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Just days before Labor Day, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) unveiled its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”), aimed at revising the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime exemptions for executive, administrative, and...more

Fisher Phillips

Labor Department’s Proposed Overtime Rule Could Raise Salary Floor to $55k: Here Are 8 Ways Employers Can Prepare Now

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Employers may need to adjust their pay practices now that the Labor Department has issued its long-anticipated proposal to raise the salary threshold for exempt employees – a change that could make more of your employees...more

Littler

Pennsylvania Moves One Step Closer to Substantially Increasing White Collar Exemption Salary Threshold

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In June 2018 the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) issued a proposed rule to substantially increase the salary threshold to qualify as an exempt Executive, Administrative and Professional (EAP) employee...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

DOL Moves Closer to Finalizing New Regulations on Overtime Exemptions for 2020

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The U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") is one step closer to publishing final regulations on the FLSA's overtime exemptions for "white collar" workers in executive, administrative, and professional positions. The DOL published...more

Benesch

Big Changes Likely for Overtime Exemptions in Washington State

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While the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently made headlines with proposed changes to the federal standard for overtime exemptions, the ongoing saga may present further challenges for employers in the State of...more

McCarter & English, LLP

It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again—DOL Proposes (New) Revisions To Salary Requirements For FLSA Overtime Exemptions

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently released its long-awaited proposed revisions to the regulations governing the minimum salary requirements applicable to the overtime exemptions for executive, administrative, and...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Department of Labor Proposed Rule Change Raises Salary Level For Exempt Employees

The U.S. Department of Labor (the “D.O.L.”) announced on Friday, March 7, 2019, that it will be reviewing the salary that must be paid to workers exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The...more

McAfee & Taft

DOL publishes proposed rule on new overtime laws

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As discussed in our EmployerLINC Alert earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage & Hour Division announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to increase the salary threshold employees must meet in...more

Littler

DOL to Publish “White Collar” Exemption Proposed Rule, Triggering 60-Day Comment Period

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On March 22, 2019, the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division will publish in the Federal Register its proposed rule to revise the overtime exemption regulations for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales and computer...more

Burr & Forman

Here We Go Again – The DOL Has Proposed an Increase to the Salary Threshold for FLSA White Collar Exemptions

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On March 7, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its new proposed overtime rule, proposing revisions to, among other things, the salary threshold for “white collar” exemptions under the FLSA. The white-collar...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Preparing for the New Overtime Exemption Salary Threshold - Labor & Employment Newsletter

Earlier this month, the Department of Labor issued a new proposed rule that, if it takes effect, will raise the pay threshold for overtime exemption from an annual salary of $23,660 (or $455 weekly) to $35,308 (or $679...more

Jackson Walker

Proposed Update to Exempt Employee Compensation Thresholds

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The long-awaited revision to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations relating to salary and compensation thresholds were announced March 7, 2019, in the Department of Labor’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). The...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

How Employers Should Respond to the Trump Administration’s Proposed Overtime Rule

The proposed changes seek to formally rescind the Obama Administration’s 2016 Final Rule, which more than doubled the minimum salary levels for exemption for overtime requirements. Instead, the Trump Administration proposes...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Proposed Overtime Exemption Rules Allow Use for Bonuses or Commissions for 10% of Minimum Salary

Last week, we reported on new proposed Department of Labor regulations that would raise the minimum salary for claiming the “white collar” overtime exemptions to $35,308 per year. In addition to the new salary level, the...more

Williams Mullen

New Changes on the Horizon for Overtime Pay Rules

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On March 7, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced a proposed rule that, if enacted, would make over a million more American workers eligible for overtime. Under current DOL regulations, any employees who earn a...more

Cozen O'Connor

III-42-The New Overtime Rule and Antitrust Issues With Your Non-Competes

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This episode outlines the key components of the U.S. Department of Labor’s new proposed overtime rule. Also, antitrust attorney David Reichenberg joins to discuss the antitrust issues that cannot be ignored when looking at...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

New Minimum Salary For Overtime Exemption Proposed By Department of Labor

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In a long-awaited decision, the Trump Administration’s Department of Labor proposes to increase the salary threshold for white collar overtime exemptions to $35,308 per year. Since 2004, the minimum salary level for...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Here We Go Again! Employers Should Begin Preparing For New Overtime Regulations

On May 18, 2016, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued its final regulations updating the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”) overtime provisions for the executive, administrative, professional, and highly-compensated...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

DOL Proposes Updates to the Overtime Rule to Account for Inflation Over the Past 15 Years

Last week, the Department of Labor ("DOL") announced new proposed revisions to the Overtime Rule. This is not the first time in recent years that revisions have been proposed to the so-called “white collar exemptions”...more

Miller Canfield

Department of Labor Proposes Another New Overtime Rule

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The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, proposing changes to the salary threshold for the white collar exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). If the proposed rule from March...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

Department of Labor Proposes New Overtime Regulation To Make Millions of Employees Overtime Eligible

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On March 7, 2019, the Department of Labor issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making with respect to the “white collar” exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act. The proposed regulation increases the minimum salary level to...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Overtime Rules: US Labor Department Proposes Hiking Salary Threshold for Exempt Employees

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Highly anticipated proposal raises the minimum base salary for exempt employees to US$35,308, while formally rescinding the enjoined 2016 final rule that would have doubled the current minimum level. Key Points: •...more

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