On September 11, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued its opinion in Mayfield v. Department of Labor, upholding the authority of the Department of Labor (“DOL”) to establish a minimum salary...more
9/16/2024
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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
2/28/2023
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In October 2020, Pennsylvania regulations took effect that increased the salary threshold for exempt employees to the federal level, and would have increased the threshold above the federal minimum beginning in October 2021....more
After a lengthy regulatory process, Pennsylvania’s revised overtime regulations finally took effect on October 3, 2020, when published in final form. As we shared in 2018 when the regulations were initially proposed, the new...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a final rule that will raise the salary threshold for overtime exemptions. Most workers will need to earn at least $35,586 annually, or $684 per week, for exemption from FLSA...more
The Department of Labor (DOL) on March 7, 2019, released a long-awaited proposal to increase the minimum annual salary threshold to $35,308 for employees to be exempt as executives, administrative, or professional employees. ...more
3/11/2019
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Pennsylvania's Department of Labor and Industry (PA DOL) released proposed regulations that would alter when an employee can be classified as exempt from overtime wages under Pennsylvania law in two important ways...more
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced his administration's plan to update state overtime pay regulations, including a substantial increase in the salary an employee must earn to be exempt from overtime pay under state law....more
A federal judge in Texas has granted a nationwide preliminary injunction sought by several business groups and states preventing the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) from enforcing its new overtime rules, which had been set to...more