News & Analysis as of

Minimum Salary Employees

Lewitt Hackman

California Increases State Minimum Wage (UPDATED)

Lewitt Hackman on

The State of California’s minimum wage is set to increase to $16.50 per hour (an increase of $0.50 from the current minimum wage of $16.00), on January 1, 2025. The state minimum wage will apply to all employers, regardless...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

The Department of Labor Rule Establishing Changes to Overtime Exemptions Is Now in Effect: What Steps Employers Immediately Need...

Foley & Lardner LLP on

Employers have been required since August 20, 2023, when the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a notice of proposed rulemaking, to increase the minimum salary amount required to be paid to qualify for what is known as...more

K&L Gates LLP

Workplace Wrap - July 2024

K&L Gates LLP on

As we find ourselves in the new financial year, a number of the key financial thresholds relating to employees have increased. From 1 July 2024, the national minimum wage has increased by 3.75% to AU$24.10 per hour....more

UB Greensfelder LLP

State of Texas (and only Texas) Hits a Home Run With District Court Limited Ruling Enjoining New Department of Labor Rule...

UB Greensfelder LLP on

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

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Are You in Compliance with the New FLSA Salary Threshold?

We previously posted here regarding a July 1, 2024, increase in the salary threshold for overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Despite multiple legal challenges to the Department of Labor’s 2024 Rule,...more

Conn Kavanaugh

Department of Labor to Expand Access to Overtime Pay Substantially in Two Phases Beginning July 1, 2024

Conn Kavanaugh on

On April 23, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) released a final rule raising the minimum salary thresholds for certain overtime exemptions under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which effectively expands the...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

DOL Raises Overtime Exemption Salary Threshold—Millions of Workers Soon Newly Subject to Overtime Laws

Quarles & Brady LLP on

Last week, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced its long-awaited final rule raising the minimum salary that certain employees must earn in order to be exempt from overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”)....more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

DOL Increases Compensation Threshold for Exemption Eligibility

The Department of Labor (DOL) announced on April 23, 2024, a final rule that expands the compensation threshold for exemption eligibility under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). On July 1, 2024, most salaried workers who...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

SuperVision - Labor & Employment Law Insights, Issue 1, April 2024

Welcome to our first SuperVision e-newsletter of 2024. Although we are only four months into 2024, it has already been an incredibly active year on the labor and employment front. On Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Noncompete, Overtime Rules Change, But Legal Challenges Remain

DarrowEverett LLP on

April 23, 2024, was a big day for the Biden Administration, as the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) almost simultaneously launched new revamped rules which will affect millions of...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Important UK immigration work visa changes

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

UK Skilled Worker Visa – Significant Changes - A major update to the UK immigration rules was published on 14 March 2024.  The new rules will become effective on 4 April 2024. Notably, these new rules will affect a large...more

Perkins Coie

November Tip of the Month: New York Minimum Wage Set To Increase in 2024

Perkins Coie on

Beginning January 1, 2024, the state minimum wage in New York will increase. Subject to limited exceptions, it will then continue to increase annually thereafter. By way of example, effective January 1, 2024, the hourly...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

New York Likely To Increase Minimum Wage And Overtime Thresholds

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: We recently reported here that New York adopted an increased salary threshold of $1,300 per week for determining whether an employee serves in an “executive,” “administrative,” or “professional” capacity...more

Foley Hoag LLP

U.S. Department of Labor’s Proposed Rule Could Make Millions of Employees Overtime-Eligible

Foley Hoag LLP on

On August 30, 2023, the DOL announced a new proposed rule making changes to the FLSA’s so-called white-collar and highly compensated employee exemptions, increasing the salary threshold that employees must meet to qualify for...more

Conn Kavanaugh

Gazing Into the Employment Law Crystal Ball: Artificial Intelligence, Pay Transparency, and Overtime Rule Changes

Conn Kavanaugh on

The employment law landscape can shift quickly to keep up with our rapidly evolving world of work.  You can be better prepared by anticipating changes that could impact your business.  Below are three areas in which legal...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Biden Administration Issued Its Spring 2023 Regulatory Agenda . . . in (Late) Spring 2023! What’s in the Works for DOL...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: On June 13, 2023, the Biden Administration announced the release of its Spring 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (the 2022 Fall Agenda was issued in January 2023). In connection...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Employment Flash - April 2023

In our latest edition of Employment Flash, we examine developments over the past three months, including the NLRB’s ruling regarding employees’ labor law rights in severance agreements, a Supreme Court decision that upheld...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Supreme Court Holds that Daily-Rate Employees are Entitled to Overtime Compensation

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on

In Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an important decision regarding whether highly compensated employees paid on a daily-rate basis were entitled to overtime...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Push for Pay Transparency: New Laws in 2023

In 2021 and 2022, we saw a wave of pay transparency laws aimed at improving pay equity. It first started with Colorado in 2021, then New York City in late 2022. Recently, states such as California, New York, Washington, and...more

K&L Gates LLP

Workplace Wrap - June 2022

K&L Gates LLP on

As we approach 1 July 2022, a number of the key financial thresholds relating to employees will increase. We have prepared a handy key thresholds table for the 2022/2023 financial year for employers. From 1 July 2022, the...more

Perkins Coie

Major Changes to Illinois’ Non-Compete and Non-Solicit Laws: Company Agreements Likely Require Revision

Perkins Coie on

As of January 1, 2022, Illinois employers are more limited in their ability to bind employees to non-competition and non-solicitation agreements. These changes stem from a recent amendment to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act,...more

Littler

Inflation-Related Wage Changes Require Employers to Keep Their CP-Eye on the Prize

Littler on

During his State of the Union address, President Biden indicated that getting inflation under control was a top priority, and to businesses he said, “Lower your costs, not your wages.” For many employers throughout the...more

Smith Gambrell Russell

New York City to Require Employers to List Salary Ranges in Job Postings

Smith Gambrell Russell on

New York City took the next step to expand its pay transparency laws. Effective May 15, 2022, job postings must include the minimum and maximum salary offered for any position located within New York City. This amendment to...more

Epstein Becker & Green

New York Rings in 2022 with Employment Law Updates

Epstein Becker & Green on

The city (and state) that never sleeps kept busy last year, enacting various laws that affect New York State and City employers in 2022. Below are some of the more recent enactments that employers should pay particular...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Here We Go Again? DOL Secretary Walsh Discusses Raising Overtime Exemption Salary Threshold

You may have missed it, but Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh perked up some ears last week when he discussed possibly raising the FLSA salary threshold for certain exempt employees. In testimony before a Congressional...more

27 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide