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As we covered in our April blog post, DOL Announces Final Rule Increasing Minimum Salary Levels for FLSA Overtime Exemptions, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) released its final overtime rule, which increases the...more
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The U.S. Department of Labor recently published new final regulations that increase the minimum salary level for most employees to be considered exempt under the executive, administrative, and professional exemptions to the...more
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed to substantially raise the pay thresholds that must be met for employees to be classified as exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) “white-collar”...more
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Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division issued a new fact sheet explaining the applicability of overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act to occupations in higher education....more
On April 12, 2018, the DOL issued a new Fact Sheet for Higher Education Institutions and Overtime Pay Under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Fact Sheet addresses the common exemptions applicable to Institutions of Higher...more
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Employers with salaried employees earning under $47,476 annually should evaluate the impact on their organizations of major changes to employee compensation following new federal wage requirements effective December 1, 2016. ...more
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