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White-Collar Exemptions Exempt-Employees Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR)

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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

You Asked for It: U.S. DOL Wage and Hour Division Receives Comments on EAP Exemption Rule, Including from Seyfarth Shaw

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The comment period on the U.S. DOL Wage and Hour Division’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, “Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees,” closed on...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

DOL Seeks to Raise Salary for FLSA’s White Collar Exemption

Following in the footsteps of the Department of Labor (DOL) under the Obama Administration, the agency released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would raise the minimum salary to qualify for a white collar...more

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It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again: US Department of Labor Announces Intent To Revise Overtime Rule

The Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) codifies the employment relationship as it relates to the payment of wages. Under the FLSA, employees generally must be paid an overtime rate of 1.5 times their regular rate of...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Changes May be Coming to White-Collar Exemption Salary Thresholds

The U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) recently announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which could make at least 3 million more lower-wage workers overtime-eligible....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

DOL Seeks to Change Exempt Salary Threshold

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Employers of salaried workers beware — you may soon have to give raises to members of your workforce in order to keep them exempt from overtime entitlement. On August 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Practical Implications of the DOL’s Proposed Increase to the Minimum Salary Level for Exempt Employees

The Department of Labor has proposed raising the minimum salary threshold for “white-collar” exemptions under the FLSA to $55,068 annually. The proposed rule would also raise the threshold for “highly compensated...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Déjà Vu All Over Again? DOL Proposes New Rule on Salaried Exemption Threshold

The DOL issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing, among other things, to increase the salary threshold for white-collar overtime exemptions. You may recall that there was a lot of discussion about this back in 2016...more

Troutman Pepper

Department of Labor Introduces New Proposal to Revise Salary Threshold

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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

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

DOL Proposes Updated Overtime Exemptions Rule, Raising Minimum Salary to $55,086

On August 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) released its proposed new rule on the “white collar” overtime exemptions. The new rule, which would be codified in a revised 29 C.F.R. Part 541, will be published...more

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Department of Labor Proposes Significant Increase in FLSA Exempt Salary Threshold

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On August 30, 2023, the US Department of Labor announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which would increase the white-collar exemption salary threshold for employees to qualify as exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more

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Here We Go Again – DOL Proposes Big Increases to the Minimum Salary Requirements for the FLSA’s White-Collar Exemptions

On August 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor issued proposed regulations that would sharply increase the minimum salary requirements for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s white-collar overtime exemptions.  These proposed...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

DOL Delivers a Proposed Salary Bump to FLSA Overtime Thresholds for Labor Day

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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

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Prepping for Full Compliance! Five Important Legal Compliance Issues Impacting the Hospitality Industry

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Hospitality remains at the forefront of demanding industries where employers must be ever vigilant in their efforts to ensure full compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations. We highlight below...more

McAfee & Taft

DOL publishes proposed rule on new overtime laws

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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

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

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Proposed Update to Exempt Employee Compensation Thresholds

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The long-awaited revision to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations relating to salary and compensation thresholds were announced March 7, 2019, in the Department of Labor’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). The...more

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U.S. Dept. of Labor Makes Its Move

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As long-time readers of this blog may recall, since 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor has been trying to update its Fair Labor Standards Act regulations to qualify more employees for overtime pay. For basic exemptions,...more

Miller Canfield

Department of Labor Proposes Another New Overtime Rule

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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

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Department of Labor Proposes Latest Overtime Exemption Rules

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On March 7, 2019, the Department of Labor announced its latest proposed rulemaking regarding the salary threshold for exemption from overtime. The salary threshold has been $455 per week ($23,660 annually) since 2004. In...more

Harris Beach PLLC

U.S. Department of Labor Proposes New Overtime Rule

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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

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DOL proposes new increased salary thresholds for overtime exemptions

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Thursday, March 7, 2019, 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 order to be exempt from the Fair...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

New Federal Overtime Rule Expected in Early 2019 

It doesn’t seem that long ago that employers were busily preparing for the new overtime rule that would have doubled the minimum salary level for the “white collar” exemptions from $23,660 to nearly $48,000. That new...more

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