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Fifth Circuit Affirms DOL’s Right to Set Salary Minimum for White Collar Exemptions

In its September 11, 2024 opinion in Mayfield v. Department of Labor, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that the U.S. Department of Labor’s explicitly delegated authority to “define” and “delimit”...more

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Supreme Court Grants Cert to Decide the Burden of Proof for FLSA Exemptions

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On June 17, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, adding it to their docket for the 2024-2025 term. This case will finally resolve a split between the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal...more

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SCOTUS to Ponder Proof in Wage Misclassification Case: 5 Steps for Employers to Comply with Overtime Exemption Rules

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What evidence does an employer need to show a court to prove it correctly classified employees as exempt from minimum wage and overtime pay? The Supreme Court announced on June 17 that it will address a disagreement among...more

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Update: Overtime Rule now Partially in Effect, but Supreme Court Overturns Longstanding Agency Deference in Overturning Chevron

As noted in our June 24, 2024 blog and client alert, the Department of Labor’s new Overtime Rule is subject to several legal challenges, including in Texas. On Friday, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Court blocks new FLSA salary thresholds... but only for State of Texas employees

There was good news and bad news on Friday from one of the lawsuits challenging the U.S. Department of Labor’s regulation increasing the salary threshold for the so-called white-collar exemptions to the overtime requirements...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Rolls Back “Deference” to Federal Agencies and Opens Up More Challenges to Regulations

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On Friday, June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Chevron, USA Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council. Chevron often required courts to defer to federal agencies when those agencies were interpreting statutes they...more

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Supreme Court Will Decide Burden Of Proof In FLSA Exemption Cases: A Monumental Decision On The Way!

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I am fascinated by the case that the Supreme Court has announced it will take on. The Court will decide the proper evidentiary standard that an employer must meet in order to establish that employees are exempt under Part...more

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Supreme Court Accepts Review of Employer's Burden for Claiming FLSA Exemptions

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, employers bear the burden of proving the applicability of an exemption from overtime and/or minimum wage requirements. Earlier this year in E.M.D. Sales Inc. v. Carrera, the Fourth Circuit...more

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Littler Lightbulb – October Employment Appellate Roundup

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This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal in the last month. ...more

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Littler Lightbulb – April Employment Appellate Roundup

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This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment and labor law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal over the last month. ...more

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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

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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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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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Supreme Court Rules that Even Highly Compensated Employees Must be Paid on a Salary Basis to be Overtime-Exempt

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On February 22, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that high-earning professionals can only be overtime-exempt if they are paid on a “salary basis” as defined by the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). In Helix Energy...more

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High Earners May Still Qualify for Overtime, Supreme Court Rules

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In a 6-3 decision issued today, the United States Supreme Court held that a former employee of an offshore oil rig, who earned more than $200,000 a year, was eligible for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more

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Supreme Court Upholds Ruling That FLSA Overtime Exemption Does Not Cover Highly Paid Rig Worker

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In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit's Sept. 9, 2021, en banc ruling that a highly paid employee was not an exempt executive under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...more

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Supreme Court Says White Collar Exemptions Require Payment of a Salary, Even for Highly Compensated Workers

On Wednesday, in a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decision finding that a highly compensated employee who was paid a day rate did not qualify as exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair...more

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Supreme Court Holds Highly Paid Employee Not Overtime Exempt Due to Daily Rate Pay

On February 22, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that a former oil rig employee who was paid a daily rate that totaled more than $200,000 annually is entitled to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards...more

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Supreme Court Holds Day Rate Pay Cannot Satisfy the Salary Basis Test

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On February 22, 2023, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt, holding that paying an employee a “day rate” does not satisfy the salary basis test under the...more

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SCOTUS to decide whether highly compensated day-rate employee entitled to FLSA overtime pay

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In September of 2021, the Fifth Circuit—the federal appeals court for district courts in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi—reversed a summary judgment order granted to Helix Energy Solutions Group related to the necessity of...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Supreme Court Case on Highly Compensated Employees Will Test Limits of FLSA Salary Test

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that may determine whether employers can claim the overtime exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for highly compensated workers who are not paid...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Can you make $200K a year and still get overtime? We’ll know soon.

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether a supervisor who was paid a daily, rather than a weekly, rate and earned more than $200,000 a year is exempt from the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards...more

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Supreme Court Takes Up FLSA High Earners Exemption

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On October 12, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that considers whether a supervisor who earned over $200,000 annually may still be eligible for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more

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Can the Justices Add Clarity to the Salary Basis Test for White Collar Overtime Exemptions?

The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted the Petition for Certiorari of Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. to review an issue splitting the federal Courts of Appeals under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Justices have...more

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