On April 24, 2024, the US Department of Labor (DOL) announced the highly anticipated revisions to the salary thresholds for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA’s) “white collar” overtime exemptions. The update significantly...more
The US Department of Labor seeks to increase the salary levels needed to qualify as exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act’s white-collar and highly compensated exemptions....more
In Bigger v. Facebook, Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that courts should not authorize notice of a pending Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action to individuals who have already entered...more
2/3/2020
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Proposed amendments to the New York State Wage Orders significantly increase the salary levels needed for employers to qualify for the executive and administrative exceptions under the New York Labor Law....more
12/19/2016
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The regulations were scheduled to go into effect on December 1.
On November 22, a judge from the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued an order enjoining, on a national basis, all but a few parts of...more