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With Less than 60 Days Remaining, Employers Plan for the (Second) Increase to the Salary Threshold For White Collar Exemptions

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The second increase to the salary threshold for the overtime exemption for employees employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2025. Employers should...more

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

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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

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Federal Judge in Northern District of Texas Denies Nationwide Preliminary Injunction to Block the DOL’s New Overtime Rule

On July 1, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas refused to block the enforcement of the new U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) rule to raise the minimum salary thresholds for the white-collar overtime...more

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Texas Federal Court Delays Effective Date of the DOL’s New Overtime Rule as Applied to Texas as an Employer

On June 28, 2024, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas blocked the enforcement of the new U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) rule to raise the minimum salary thresholds for the Fair Labor...more

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Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your April To-Do List

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

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Gone Surfing: Could California Be the First State to Adopt a Four-Day Workweek?

In recent years, countries such as Iceland and Belgium and some domestic companies have experimented with the concept of four-day workweeks. Now, a new bill proposed by California Assemblymembers Cristina Garcia (D-Bell...more

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Pennsylvania Senate Passes Minimum Wage Hike, and New State Overtime Exemption Regulations are Withdrawn

Major developments in the area of wage and hour law are happening right now in Harrisburg and happening quickly.  These developments may have a significant impact on Pennsylvania employers in 2020 and beyond....more

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Web Exclusive - September 2019: The Top 11 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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Web Exclusive: August 2018: The Top 15 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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Web Exclusive: March 2018: The Top 13 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there were an unprecedented number of changes all through 2017. And if the first three months...more

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Employees In California? If So, These Are The Employment Bills To Watch

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With the flurry of action by California lawmakers in the final weeks of the legislative session, there are approximately 640 bills waiting for action by California Governor, Jerry Brown. Here is a list of legislation which...more

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Top Ten List – Track These 10 Important Employment Bills as the California Legislative Year Comes to a Close

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When the Legislature reconvenes from its summer recess on August 21, it will have only a few short weeks to finish work on legislation for this year. All bills must be passed and sent to Governor Brown by September 15, who...more

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Oregon’s New Law on Overtime Calculations for Employees in Mills, Factories, and Manufacturing Establishments Expected to Change

In July 2017, the Oregon Legislature passed House Bill 3458, which is expected to be signed by Governor Kate Brown. The new law will permit employers to pay nonexempt employees in mills, factories, and manufacturing...more

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WPI Wage Watch: Minimum Wage and Overtime Updates (July Edition)

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It’s summertime, but the living is anything but easy for employers trying to track minimum wage and overtime developments. The U.S. Department of Labor is defending legal challenges to various rules the Obama administration...more

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Wage Watch: Minimum Wage & Overtime Updates (June Edition)

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Summer is upon us and the heat – from both a temperature and legislative perspective – is on. As employers across the county await action from federal labor officials concerning the currently-enjoined white collar salary...more

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2017 Labor & Employment Legislative Update: House of Origin Deadline

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Pay equity and Ban The Box bills lead the list of bills approved to continue their quest (moving to the other house of the California Legislature) to become California law....more

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Breaking News-House Passes Comp Time Bill!!

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Some Frequently Asked Questions for the Curious… The House passed a bill earlier this week that, if signed into law, would dramatically change private sector compensation in the United States. Interested? Keep reading....more

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House Passes Private Sector “Comp Time” Bill, But Is It Practical For Employers?

In the private sector, the ability of employers to offer “comp time” for nonexempt employees—future time off as a reward for working extra hours, in lieu of overtime pay—is quite limited. To avoid having to pay for overtime...more

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New FLSA Regulations are Still on Track Despite House Vote

On September 28, 2016, the United States House of Representatives passed a bill that would postpone implementation of the FLSA’s new salary threshold for “white-collar” overtime exemptions. As we noted earlier this month, the...more

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House of Representatives Passes Bill to Delay Overtime Rule Effective Date

On September 28, 2016, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 6094 Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act by a vote of 246 to 177. This bill would delay the December 1, 2016 effective date...more

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DOL Overtime Rule Update: Breaking News!!!!!

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On September 20, 2016, two lawsuits were filed in an attempt to block the DOL’s proposed overtime rule. Wisconsin joined 20 other states in filing one suit while the U.S. Chamber of Commerce along with 50 other business...more

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California Legislative Update: It's Now Up To The Governor

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The California Legislature completed its substantive legislative work for the year in the very early morning hours of Thursday, September 1, 2016, with the usual frenetic, last-minute flurry of bill-passing, including some...more

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California Legislative Update: Heading Into The 2016 Session's Final Month

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The California Legislature will return from its July recess on August 1, and will devote that month to final consideration of legislation for 2016. The session has entered a somewhat anticlimactic stage for employment...more

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2016 Employment Bills Moving Through The CA Legislative Process

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Pending new bills that have now passed their house of origin would (i) expand DLSE enforcement authority, (ii) impose advance scheduling requirements on restaurant, grocery, and retail employers, (iii)...more

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California $15 Minimum Wage Bill Awaits Governor’s Signature

On March 31, 2016, the California legislature approved the nation’s highest statewide minimum wage. SB-3, approved in both the State Senate and Assembly, will increase the state’s minimum wage to $15.00 per hour by 2022. ...more

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