News & Analysis as of

Proposed Rules Exempt-Employees Public Comment

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

Troutman Pepper

Department of Labor Introduces New Proposal to Revise Salary Threshold

Troutman Pepper on

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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

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

Fisher Phillips on

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

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

McAfee & Taft

DOL publishes proposed rule on new overtime laws

McAfee & Taft on

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

Littler on

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

Burr & Forman on

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

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

Williams Mullen on

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

Cozen O'Connor on

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

Womble Bond Dickinson on

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

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

Miller Canfield on

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

Latham & Watkins LLP

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

Latham & Watkins LLP on

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

Conn Kavanaugh

Department of Labor Proposes Rule to Extend Overtime Eligibility to One Million Workers

Conn Kavanaugh on

The Department of Labor (“DOL”) has issued its much-anticipated proposed rule on the minimum salary level for an employee to potentially qualify as exempt from overtime eligibility under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”)....more

Vedder Price

DOL’s Long-Awaited Overtime Proposed Rule Announced

Vedder Price on

Recent developments on the wage and hour front will soon require employers to reexamine exemption classifications within their workforce. On March 7, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) released its long-awaited...more

Sands Anderson PC

Department of Labor Issues Long-Expected Proposed Rule on Overtime Exemption

Sands Anderson PC on

On March 7th the Department of Labor issued a long expected proposed rule change on the salary-level threshold for exempt or “salaried” employees. Under the proposed rule, the salary threshold for exempt employees would...more

Harris Beach PLLC

U.S. Department of Labor Proposes New Overtime Rule

Harris Beach PLLC on

On Thursday March 7, 2019, the United States Department of Labor ("U.S. DOL") proposed a new "overtime rule," which would raise the minimum salary level for employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act's "white collar"...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

United States Department of Labor Issues Final Rule Concerning Minimum Salary Threshold to Qualify for Exemption from Overtime...

On March 7, 2019, the United States Department of Labor (“USDOL”) issued its long-awaited proposed rule that would increase the minimum salary threshold to qualify for exemption from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor...more

Fisher Phillips

USDOL Releases Proposed Exemption Changes (Overtime Rule 2.0) - Updated

Fisher Phillips on

The USDOL's long-awaited proposed white-collar exemption changes a/k/a Overtime Rule 2.0 has been made available. Once it is published in the Federal Register, the public will have 60 days to submit comments regarding, among...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Unboxing The Proposed New Federal Overtime Rule

It’s here. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division unveiled its proposed new overtime rule today. We skipped the 200-plus pages of preamble and jumped right to the proposed regulatory amendments themselves...more

Fisher Phillips

USDOL Releases Proposed Overtime Rule 2.0

Fisher Phillips on

We have waited years to see where the U.S. Department of Labor would land with its much anticipated revised “overtime rule”—late yesterday, the agency delivered. The USDOL released its long-awaited proposed rule which, if...more

Verrill

Breaking: DOL Unveils Proposed Changes to FLSA Overtime Pay Requirements

Verrill on

Yesterday, March 7, 2019, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) unveiled a proposal to change the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) as it applies to non-exempt employees eligible for overtime. The proposed change...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