News & Analysis as of

White-Collar Exemptions Pending Legislation

Benesch

Increased Salary Thresholds for Exempt Employees Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Now Effective

Benesch on

As we previously reported, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a Final Rule adjusting the minimum annual salary that an employee must be paid to qualify for the executive, administrative, and professional (“EAP”)...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

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

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

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

Littler

New York Legislature to Increase Executive, Administrative, and Professional Compensation Threshold, Expanding Certain Wage...

Littler on

New York’s threshold for a white-collar worker exemption is slated to be increased under legislation passed by the New York legislature last week.  This requirement does not directly relate to New York’s salary threshold for...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Pennsylvania May More Than Double the Salary Threshold to Qualify for Overtime Exemptions

On January 31, 2020, the Pennsylvania Independent Regulatory Review Commission approved the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry’s (DLI) amendments to 34 Pa. Code Chapter 231, the regulations that exempt executive,...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Pennsylvania Senate Passes Minimum Wage Hike, and New State Overtime Exemption Regulations are Withdrawn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

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Senate Bill 621 Gives Part-Time Educators Their Proportional Share

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on

Senate Bill 621 will become effective on January 1, 2018. The bill amends Labor Code section 515.8 and is intended to address the ambiguities in Assembly Bill 2230 which was enacted last year....more

Littler

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

Littler on

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

Littler

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

Littler on

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

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

California Legislative Update: Several Labor and Employment Bills Passed in the Assembly

Several California labor and employment law bills passed in the state assembly or senate before the June 2, 2017, legislative deadline. The legislature now has until September 15, 2017, to pass these bills in the second...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

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

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Legislation To Delay Overtime Rule Passed By The House Of Representatives

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday voted 246 to 177, largely along party lines, in favor of legislation which would delay the rule’s effective date by six months, from December 1, 2016, to June 1, 2017. Prior to the...more

Ruder Ware

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

Ruder Ware on

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

13 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"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