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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Seyfarth Submits Comments in Response to Proposed Overtime Rules

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On Friday, Seyfarth’s Wage & Hour Litigation Practice Group submitted its comments to the Wage and Hour Division’s recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. As our readers know, the NPRM signals a potential overhaul to the FLSA’s...more

Baker Donelson

Hospitality Industry Targeted in Proposed White Collar Overtime Regulations

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In a March 13, 2014, memorandum, President Barack Obama directed the Department of Labor (DOL) to "modify," "streamline" and "simplify" the federal regulations regarding exemptions to overtime under the Fair Labor Standards...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Effective Management of Employee Medical Issues in 2015

Compliance with the Family & Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act continues to cause issues for even the most experienced workplace professionals. In recent years, both the FMLA and ADA have expanded...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

U.S. Department of Labor Proposes New Rule Raising the Salary Basis for “White-Collar” Overtime Exemptions and Soliciting Comments...

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On June 30, 2015, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comments on the DOL’s proposal to raise the salary threshold for the so-called “white-collar” exemptions from $455...more

Carlton Fields

An HR Challenge: Finding and Fixing Overtime Misclassifications in 4 Steps

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In light of the United States Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) June 30, 2015 report and proposed amendments to the salary portion of the ‘white collar’ exemptions that would more than double the minimum salary of those exempt...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Employer Wage and Hour Headaches Continue in 2015

The trend of wage and hour developments facing employers continues in 2015 with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently issuing a proposed rule that would update the regulations governing the white collar exemptions to...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Input Sought on New Rules to Extend Overtime to More Workers

Employers and other stakeholders have just a few weeks in which to provide input on proposed regulations which would raise the salary threshold for workers exempt from overtime to $50,440 a year. On July 6, 2015 the...more

Stinson LLP

Department of Labor Proposes Regulations Expanding Overtime Eligibility

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On June 30, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued highly anticipated proposed regulations that would make it harder for employers to classify employees as exempt from overtime pay requirements. The proposal is in...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Proposed DOL Rulemaking Means Uncertainty for Manufacturers

On June 30, 2015, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comments on a proposal to raise the salary threshold for the so-called “white-collar” exemptions from $455 per week...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Proposed Changes to FLSA White-Collar Exemptions

On July 6, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor publically released proposed changes to the FLSA white-collar exemptions that could have sweeping effects on all employers, large and small. Even though the final regulations will...more

Baker Donelson

A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing? The Department of Labor's Proposed Changes to the White Collar Exemptions

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On June 29, 2015 the Department of Labor published its long-anticipated proposed rule and request for comments on changing the "white collar" exemptions for the executive, administrative and professional exemptions under the...more

Burr & Forman

DOL Will Require Overtime for Employees Who Earn Less Than $50,000

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In a much-anticipated move, on June 30, 2015, the Department of Labor issued a proposed rule requiring a weekly salary of at least $970.00, or $50,440.00 annually, for employees to be exempt from the Fair Labor Standards...more

Baker Donelson

Top 10 Questions Employers Have About the Newly Proposed Overtime Regulations

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Employers across the country are trying to get their arms around the implications of the Department of Labor's (DOL) proposed changes to the overtime regulations. These proposed changes, which were published on June 30, 2015,...more

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Answering Your Questions about the New FLSA Regulations [Wage & Hour FAQ]

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As you undoubtedly know by now, the Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division (WHD) finally announced its long-promised proposal to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Regulations and, in particular, those governing...more

Fisher Phillips

Evaluating The Impact Of USDOL's Salary Proposal

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The U.S. Labor Department has of course proposed a substantial increase in the minimum salary amount required to meet the basic compensation criterion for an executive, administrative, professional, or a derivative exemption...more

Franczek P.C.

The New FLSA Regulations: The DOL's Actual Proposed Language

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We have been covering the Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division’s (WHD) finally released proposal to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which was published last week. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) is...more

Holland & Knight LLP

DOL Raises Pay for Some Exempt Status Employees - Employers Will Need to Pay Overtime Wages to More White Collar Employees

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On June 30, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a proposed rule updating overtime regulations for executive, administrative and professional employees (commonly referred to as white collar employees). The DOL...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Proposed DOL Rule Seeks to Require the Provision of Overtime Pay to Millions of Additional Employees

The Department of Labor (DOL) has announced a proposed rule that would amend the executive, administrative and professional exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The exemptions exclude workers in such...more

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The Much-Anticipated Proposed Overtime Regulations Would Extend Overtime Protection to Nearly 5 Million Workers in 2016

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The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced a much-anticipated proposed rule that, among other things, more than doubles the salary threshold required for an employee to qualify as exempt from overtime pay under Fair Labor...more

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