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Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

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When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Revisits the “Salary Basis” Test Required Under the FLSA Overtime and Redefines “Paid on a Weekly Basis”

Employers often assume that a highly compensated supervisory employee will not be entitled to overtime pay when the employee works more than forty hours in a work week. That assumption proved to be incorrect in a recent U.S....more

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Are Your Highly Compensated Employees Exempt Under FLSA?

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On February 22, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an important decision under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. et al. v. Michael J. Hewitt, the Court determined that...more

Lippes Mathias LLP

Helix Supreme Court Decision Finds That Daily Pay Rate Employee Making Six Figure Income Can Collect Overtime Under FLSA

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On February 22, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt finding that a daily-rate worker who earned over $200,000 annually was not exempt from the Fair...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 Holds that Daily-Rate Employees are Entitled to Overtime Compensation

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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

Supreme Court Clarifies a “Day-Rate” Does Not Meet the FLSA “Salary Basis” Test, Even for Highly Compensated Employees

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (“FLSA”) created the right to a minimum wage and overtime pay. The FLSA also provides exemptions to overtime pay requirements for certain employees. Under the “bona fide executive”...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Highly Compensated Daily-Rate Employees Qualify for Overtime Pay

On February 22, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Helix Energy Solutions v. Hewitt that highly compensated employees paid on a daily rate basis, rather than on a salary basis, are not exempt from the Fair Labor Standards...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Six Figure Salary? Make Sure It’s Really a Salary

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How does an employer owe someone earning over $200,000 per year overtime? By claiming the employee is salaried exempt — but not really paying a salary. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on February 22, 2023 in Helix Energy...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Energy Industry and Wage and Hour Compliance Issues

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On February 22, 2023, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling, in Helix Energy Sols. Grp., Inc. v. Hewitt, No. 21-984, that despite earning in excess of $200,000 annually, an oilfield rig worker was improperly paid...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

Burns & Levinson LLP

SCOTUS on Salaried Employees and Overtime Pay

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In Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt, a 6-3 decision issued on February 22, 2023, the United States Supreme Court decided what “salary” means for purposes of applying the regulations exempting highly compensated...more

Brooks Pierce

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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Employers Beware: Highly Compensated Employees Could Be Entitled To Overtime

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The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) guarantees that covered employees receive overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours a workweek. An employee is exempt from the overtime requirement if he or she works “in a bona fide...more

Maynard Nexsen

SCOTUS: $200K Per Year And Employee Still Entitled To Overtime Pay

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On Feb. 22, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and held that a highly compensated employee was entitled to overtime pay because he was paid a day rate and...more

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Supreme Court Rules That Employee Earning Six Figures Is Also Entitled to Overtime Pay

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On February 22, 2023, the United States Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that an employee who earned over $200,000 annually was still entitled to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Court’s...more

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Supreme Court Decision Impacts FLSA’s Overtime Rules

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All employers should be aware of the recent decision by the United States Supreme in Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. v. Hewitt dealing with exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The Hewitt court held that...more

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Supreme Court Clarifies the “Salary Basis” Test Under the FLSA for Highly Compensated Executives

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On February 22, 2023, the United States Supreme Court released its ruling in Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. vs. Hewitt, clarifying that employees who are paid a daily rate likely do not qualify for the executive exemption...more

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Supreme Court: Salary, Not Daily Pay, Required for FLSA Overtime Exemptions

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Ruling on a narrow, but significant question, the US Supreme Court affirmed that the white-collar overtime exemptions under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) require employers to pay an employee on an actual “salary...more

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Supreme Court: Highly Compensated Employees Must Be Paid a Salary to Avoid Overtime

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A recent United States Supreme Court decision, Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt, held that to qualify for the highly compensated employee exemption to the overtime requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Rules Highly Compensated “Daily Rate” Employees Entitled to Overtime under FLSA

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In a reminder that it takes more than a big paycheck to be exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), the U.S. Supreme Court held in Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt that a...more

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$200,000 Plus Overtime??? When a Highly Compensated Employee Remains Non-Exempt

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Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an appellate court determination that Michael Hewitt, an oil rig “toolpusher,” was entitled to overtime compensation despite having earned in excess of $200,000 per year. Mr. Hewitt’s...more

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SCOTUS Rules That Worker Who Was Paid High Daily Wage is Non-Exempt and Entitled to Overtime Pay

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On February 22, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that an employee who is paid a daily rate for each day worked, no matter how high the rate, is not exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor...more

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