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Key Takeaways for Maine Employers from DOL Final Rule Increasing Salary Thresholds for Exempt Employees

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The U.S. Department of Labor recently issued a final rule that would increase the required salary thresholds for employees to be exempt from overtime requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The increases to...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

DOL Raises Salary Requirements for Overtime Exemptions

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced April 23, 2024 it will increase the minimum annual salary that is required to make certain white-collar employees to be eligible for overtime (often referred to as the executive,...more

Brooks Pierce

Extra, Extra…Pay for Exempt Employees: DOL Published Final Rule on Overtime Exemptions

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On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule altering the requirements for “white collar” exemptions under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This is the final step in a process that...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

U.S. Supreme Court Rules That a Highly Compensated Employee Paid on a Daily-Rate Basis is Entitled to Overtime Pay

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The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that a highly compensated employee who was paid a guaranteed daily rate but not a guaranteed weekly rate was not properly paid “on a salary basis” and, therefore, was not correctly...more

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[Ongoing Program] Handbooks and Policies - The Re-Emerging Breeding Ground for Unfair Labor Practices and Other Employment Claims...

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Please join us for BakerHostetler’s The ‘New’ Normal: The State of Labor Relations and Employment Law Master Class. Our 9th Annual Master Class will be virtual again this year, as it was last year, due to the continuation of...more

White and Williams LLP

Federal Minimum Wage Has Not Increased in Record Amount of Time

Minimum wage just broke another record today. It will break another tomorrow. Did you know that the federal minimum wage has not been increased in over 12 years? Every day without an increase sets another record for the...more

Polsinelli

Labor Department Rescinds Pro-Franchise Joint-Employment Rule

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On July 29, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor announced it is rescinding a final rule issued just last year (2020 Final Rule) that sought to clarify the standard for finding two separate entities to be “joint employers”...more

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U.S. DOL Rescinds Trump-Era Rule Regarding Joint-Employer Status Under the FLSA

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On July 29, 2021, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced that it would rescind the Trump-era rule (the “Joint Employer Rule”) pertaining to the determination of joint employers for purposes of assigning...more

Stoel Rives - World of Employment

U.S. Department of Labor Repeals Trump-Era Rule Favoring Independent Contractor Status, as Expected

As expected, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has repealed the Trump-era rule regarding classification of independent contractors.  As we discussed here, the Trump-era rule codified the “economic realities test” for use...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

USDOL Clarifies The Fluctuating Work Week Method Of Paying Overtime And Its Relationship To Provision Of Bonuses: Keep Those...

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The USDOL has been pretty busy lately issuing new rules and interpretations about FLSA issues, including vague, nuanced issues like the inclusion (or not) of bonuses in the regular rate and the circumstances under which...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Time Is Money: A Quick Wage-Hour Tip on … Joint Employer Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

With the March 16, 2020 effective date of the new rule interpreting joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) almost upon us, employers should brush up on the updated guidance and review their...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Employers Receive Guidance in DOL Final Joint Employer Rule

Effective March 16, 2020, employers will be able to use a four-factor balancing test in determining joint employment status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), based on the new final rule adopted by the Department of...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Colorado Officially Increases the Minimum Salary Threshold for Exempt Employees and Makes Changes for Non-Exempt Employees Too

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As previously discussed, Colorado has taken steps to increase the salary threshold for employees that fall under the “white collar” exemptions, following in the footsteps of Alaska, California, New York, Maine, and Washington...more

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Time Is Money: A Quick Wage-Hour Tip on … Permissible Deductions from Exempt Employees’ Pay

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Most employers are well aware that employees must be paid on a “salary basis” to be considered exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). ...more

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Final Rule Issued by US Department of Labor Clarifying Joint Employment under the Fair Labor Standards Act

As a follow up to its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued in April 2019, the US Department of Labor (DOL) announced on January 12, 2020, the issuance of a Final Rule to revise and clarify the standard for joint employment...more

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DOL Issues Final Rule Addressing Joint Employer Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

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On Thursday, January 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) published in the Federal Register the much-anticipated Final Rule regarding joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards...more

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“Are you my employer?” Department of Labor clarifies joint employer status with new final rule

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On January 16, 2020, the Department of Labor (DOL) published a final rule that brings much-needed clarity to employers on how to determine “joint employer” status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) when an employee...more

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The New Year Brings New Guidance on FLSA Issues from the U.S. Department of Labor

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In its first installment of opinions letters in 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) addressed two issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”): (i) the salary basis requirements in the...more

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Department of Labor Clarifies that Franchising Does Not Make Joint-Employer Status More Likely under FLSA

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On January 12, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule that updates its regulations interpreting when multiple entities can be held liable as “joint employers” for wage-and-hour violations under the Fair...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

It’s All About Those Rates (Part I): Basic Rate of Pay

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 15, 2020, the Department of Labor’s Final Rule on regular and basic rates of pay will take effect. This series will explore the various issues implicated by the Department’s changes. Part I...more

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Labor Department’s New 4-Factor Rule Attempts To Limit Joint Employment

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The U.S. Department of Labor just finalized its rule that attempts to limit the scope of joint employment liability for wage and hour matters. Although much remains to be seen, this rule may usher in a new era, and could lead...more

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DOL Issues Final Rule on Joint-Employer Status under Fair Labor Standards Act

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On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its long-awaited final rule regarding joint-employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).  The final rule is scheduled to be published in the...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Department of Labor Opinion Letters Provide Employers a Roadmap to FLSA Compliance

Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division issued two new opinion letters which clarify how employers should calculate the overtime rate when employees are paid lump-sum bonuses and when employers...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Keeping It Regular: DOL Issues Rule Clarifying Regular Pay Rate

The Department of Labor recently issued a final rule about how to calculate an employee’s regular rate of pay for overtime purposes under the Fair Labor Standards Act. As everyone knows, under the FLSA you have to pay...more

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WHD Issues Its First Opinion Letters of the. . . Decade

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division recently issued two opinion letters providing clarity to employers in determining (1) the proper overtime rate of pay for non-discretionary, multi-week...more

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