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Here We Go Again? DOL Secretary Walsh Discusses Raising Overtime Exemption Salary Threshold

You may have missed it, but Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh perked up some ears last week when he discussed possibly raising the FLSA salary threshold for certain exempt employees. In testimony before a Congressional...more

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New Secretary Of Labor Hints At Increased Minimum Salary For Overtime Exemptions

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Will the DOL again seek to raise the minimum salary level for exempt “white collar” employees? In testimony before the House Education and Labor Committee on June 10, 2011, Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh stated that the...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

[Podcast]: Recent Developments in Federal Overtime Rules

In this episode of The Proskauer Brief, senior counsel Harris Mufson and partner Allan Bloom discuss recent developments in federal overtime rules. The Trump administration recently released its fall 2018 regulatory agenda,...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

New Federal Overtime Rule Expected in Early 2019 

It doesn’t seem that long ago that employers were busily preparing for the new overtime rule that would have doubled the minimum salary level for the “white collar” exemptions from $23,660 to nearly $48,000. That new...more

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Salary-Threshold Autopilot Still Possible

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A BloombergBNA report suggests that the U.S. Department of Labor is seriously considering retaining the Obama Administration's procedure (or something like it) for automatic "updates" to the compensation thresholds specified...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

DOL to Appeal Ruling That 2016 Overtime Rule Exceeded Its Authority

The DOL will appeal a Texas federal court’s ruling that the Obama administration’s 2016 overtime rule exceeded the DOL’s authority. The appeal comes nearly two months after the DOL dropped an earlier appeal of that court’s...more

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Proposed 2016 “White Collar” Regulations Struck Down; DOL Starts Work on New Regulations

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The winding legal path of the 2016 “white collar” regulations has come to an end. On August 31, 2017, the Honorable Amos L. Mazzant of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down the U.S. Department...more

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Labor & Employment Law Update - September 2017

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United States Department of Labor Moves Hint at Policy Changes, but Employers Await Clarity - Presidential administration transitions almost always result in policy and enforcement initiative changes at the U.S. Department...more

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Overtime Exemption Increases: Not Now, But (Probably) Soon

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As our readers are aware, we have devoted a good amount of space to discussing the status of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule on exemptions from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). After a...more

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"Stick A Fork in It!" Updated Overtime Rules Are DOA . . . For Now

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On August 31, 2017, Judge Amos Mazzant of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas entered a final judgment in State of Nevada et al. vs. U.S. Department of Labor et al., awarding summary judgment against the...more

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Federal Court Invalidates Obama Administration Overtime Exemption Rule

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On August 31, 2017, Judge Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas invalidated the long-enjoined Obama Administration revised overtime regulation. The same judge previously granted a temporary, nationwide injunction blocking...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Fifth Circuit Dismisses Appeal of Nationwide Injunction of Obama-Era Overtime Rule

In light of the Texas district court’s recent judgment invalidating the 2016 overtime rule, the DOL filed an unopposed motion to withdraw its appeal of the November 2016 order that preliminarily enjoined the rule on a...more

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Texas Judge Strikes Down Obama-Era Overtime Rule

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On Thursday, August 31, 2017, Judge Amos Mazzant struck down the Obama administration’s overtime rule that would have extended mandatory overtime pay to more than four million U.S. workers. Specifically, the rule would have...more

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Court Strikes Down Obama Administration Overtime Rule

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On Aug. 31, 2017, a federal court in Texas struck down the Obama-era Department of Labor rule that would have significantly expanded overtime eligibility by more than doubling the salary threshold under the Fair Labor...more

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Obama’s Overtime Rule is Overruled

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The Obama administration’s controversial overtime rule is now dead in the water. Yesterday, a Texas federal court ruled in favor of the 55 state and business plaintiffs who challenged the rule and argued that the DOL had...more

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Groundhog Day: DOL Issues Request for Information on Enjoined Overtime Rule

As Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta testified in early June, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has issued its request for information (RFI) on the Part 541 overtime regulations that were...more

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DOL back at it: FLSA ‘white collar’ exemption salary threshold likely to increase

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Last year was a busy year for employers. Many conducted internal audits and went through intense planning to comply with new U.S. Department of Labor overtime regulations that were to take effect December 1, 2016. Those 2016...more

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What Ever Happened to the Department of Labor’s New Overtime Rule?

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As our readers may recall, last year we devoted a good amount of time addressing the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule on overtime exemptions. Under that rule, which was supposed to go into effect on December 1, 2016,...more

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Overtime Update: DOL Signals Changes to the FLSA and White Collar Exemptions may be Coming Soon

For the past few years, HR legalist has been following the Department of Labor’s proposed overtime rule, which would have roughly doubled the salary threshold under which employees are guaranteed overtime pay, and made...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

In the Latest Episode of The Overtime Rule Soap Opera: DOL Tells Fifth Circuit It Will Revise Obama-Era Overtime Rule – But Not...

Last week, lawyers for the federal government told an appeals court that the Department of Labor plans to revise the currently-blocked overtime rule issued during the Obama administration last year.   But it won’t do so, it...more

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Flurry of Activity by Trump Department of Labor, Including Action on the Enjoined FLSA Overtime Exemption Regulations

On April 27, 2017, the Senate confirmed R. Alexander Acosta as the Secretary of Labor.  More than four months after President Trump took office, the U.S. Department of Labor finally had a new leader....more

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USDOL Submits Arguments In Salary Appeal

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The U.S. Department of Labor has finally filed a Reply Brief supporting its request that the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals overturn last November's preliminary injunction that blocked the salary-related changes in the...more

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DOL brings back an old favorite, seeks input on overtime changes

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For more than 70 years, the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) provided attorneys and human resources professionals with a very useful resource for determining how to comply with the laws and...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

DOL Pushes Ahead With Appeal of Overtime Rule Injunction

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor filed a reply brief in further support of its appeal of the November 22, 2016 order in State of Nevada v. United States Dep’t of Labor, No. 4:16-CV-00731 (E.D. Tex.). That order,...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

DOL to Restart Conversation on New Overtime Rule

On June 27, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor sent a Request for Information related to the now-enjoined overtime rule to the Office of Management and Budget for review.  After OMB completes its review, the RFI will be...more

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