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Wage and Hour Employer Liability Issues Multi-Factor Test

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Guarantee of Fraction of Total Compensation Does Not Meet FLSA Salary Requirements

In order to claim overtime exempt status under the Fair Labor Standards Act’s white-collar exemptions, the position in question must meet both the duties and salary tests set forth under Department of Labor regulations. The...more

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Employment Status - A View From Both Sides of the Pond

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In recent years, employment status has been an evolving topic globally as various jurisdictions grapple with how to properly categorise increasingly flexible forms of working. A regulatory change in the United States by the...more

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New Department of Labor Final Rule Requires Reassessment of Independent Contractors

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Physical therapy practices need to be aware of new legal standards that make it harder for employers to classify workers as independent contractors (as opposed to employees). This distinction is important because, if an...more

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U.S. Department of Labor announces final rule on independent contractor classification

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On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a final rule that revises the standard for determining whether a worker is properly classified as an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair Labor...more

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USDOL Wage-Hour Division Final Rule on Independent Contractor Status Reverts to Pre-Trump Rule and Rejects “Core Factor” Test

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On January 9, 2024 the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a final rule that will apply beginning March 11, 2024 in determining whether a worker can be classified as an independent contractor as opposed to an employee...more

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U.S. Department of Labor Announces Final Rule on FLSA Classification

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule last week revising its guidance to employers and workers to help determine if a worker qualifies as an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair Labor...more

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DOL Issues a Final Independent Contractor Rule

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The United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently released a final rule that addresses the classification of workers as independent contractors under federal labor law. The rule goes into effect on March 11, 2024....more

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Department of Labor Finalizes Rule Change on Independent Contractor Classification

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On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor released details of its final rule regarding the proper circumstances for independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). On January 10,...more

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Wigging Out: The NLRB Overturns Another Trump-Era Test and Returns to a Stricter Independent Contractor Standard

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On Tuesday, June 13, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the “Board”) issued a decision that effectively increases the number of workers who are considered employees rather than independent contractors under the...more

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Supreme Court Finds Highly Compensated Supervisor Entitled to Overtime Pay Under the FLSA

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In a recent opinion (Helix Energy Sols. Grp., Inc. v Hewitt), the Supreme Court held that a highly compensated supervisor paid on a daily-rate basis was not an executive exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA)...more

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SCOTUS Holds Highly Compensated Daily-Rate Employees May Be Entitled to Overtime

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On February 22, 2023, the Supreme Court clarified the requirements for highly compensated employees to be considered executives exempt from overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In Helix Energy Solutions...more

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Supreme Court Clarifies the Meaning “Salary Basis” Under Federal Overtime Law

The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that an employee who earned in excess of $200,000 annually was entitled to overtime pay because he did not qualify for the FLSA’s highly compensated employee exemption. This decision –...more

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SCOTUS Ruling Reinforces FLSA Overtime Requirements and Exemptions

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In its most recent employment decision, the Supreme Court rejected an employer’s efforts to avoid paying overtime to a highly-compensated oil rig employee, finding that the employee’s daily pay rate did not satisfy the...more

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Day-Rate Rules Result in Overtime Pay for Exempt Highly Compensated Employee

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Recently, in Helix Energy Solutions Group v. Hewitt, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a daily-rate worker who earned over $200,000 annually was not exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) overtime requirements. In...more

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Supreme Court Adopts Strict Construction of Salaried Test, Even for Highly Paid Exempt Employees

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One relatively common misapprehension by employers is that generous wages or popular methods of payment will satisfy the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). On February 22, 2023, the Supreme Court reiterated the need not simply...more

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Independent Contractors: New Department of Labor Guidance Spotlights the Pitfalls of Misclassification

​​​​​​​Employers often find themselves with a sudden need for additional temporary coverage for one or more areas of their business. Maybe a mission-critical but discrete project awaits completion: you need the labor but only...more

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When Are Employees Not Employees? An Ever-Changing Landscape

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The Department of Labor recently issued a new proposed rule distinguishing between employees, who are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act, and independent contractors, who are not. This follows on the heels of a rule...more

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DOL Proposes New Worker-Friendly Independent Contractor Rule

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a proposed rule on October 11, 2022, that could change whether a worker is determined to be an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). If...more

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Eleventh Circuit Rules Forensic Photography Intern is Not Entitled to FLSA Wages

On June 9, 2022, a divided panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit decided an unpaid intern who participated in a forensic photography training program was not entitled to wages under the Fair...more

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Direct Selling and Door-to-Door Sales Under Attack: May 2021 IC News Update

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Direct sellers and door-to-door salespersons are frequently classified as independent contractors – and that classification is increasingly under attack, both by class action lawyers and the U.S. Department of Labor, as...more

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DOL withdraws Trump-era independent contractor rule

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In early January 2021, the Trump administration created a new, employer-friendly regulation that would have made it easier (or at least provided clarity) for companies to classify workers as independent contractors. That rule...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The DOL Withdraws Trump Administration FLSA Independent Contractor Rule, Preserving the Status Quo . . . for the Moment

Key Points - The DOL has withdrawn a final rule published in the waning days of the Trump administration that established a multifactor test for determining whether workers are employees or independent contractors under...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: US DOL Issues Final Rule to Simplify Analysis of Workers in Gig Economy

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A critical and growing issue facing gig economy platforms and other similar business models is the failure of existing laws to reflect the realities of a modern, adapting workforce. In response to calls for action, the United...more

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Labor Department’s Last-Day Opinion Letter: Distributors of Food Products are Independent Contractors

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Today, one day before the end of the Trump Administration, the Labor Department issued a series of opinion letters, one of which concluded that certain distributors who resell to retail outlets food products they purchase...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

U.S. Department of Labor Issues New Worker Classification Regulations

The DOL has issued new regulations setting forth the test to determine whether an individual is an independent contractor or an employee under the FLSA. Under the regulations, the “ultimate inquiry” is whether, as a matter...more

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