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Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

DOL Final Rule Imposed a Series of Increases to Minimum Salary Threshold for Overtime Exemptions

As we reported last fall, the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposed rule in September 2023 to significantly increase the standard salary level applicable to the overtime exemption for...more

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and...

Important Wage Alert Regarding the DOL’s Final Rule Increasing the Salary Level for the Executive, Administrative and Professional...

Effective July 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor’s new overtime rule took effect throughout the country, except in the state of Texas (where due to ongoing litigation, Texas employees that are employed by the state of...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

DOL Overtime Rule Blocked for Employees of State of Texas

On June 28, 2024, a Texas federal judge issued an injunction temporarily blocking the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new overtime rule from taking effect for employees working for the State of Texas.  As discussed in a...more

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New Update on Litigation Challenging the DOL's 2024 Salary Rule

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Executive Summary: On July 1, 2024, the federal court for the Northern District of Texas issued a decision in Flint Avenue, LLC v. U.S. Department of Labor, denying the plaintiff employer’s request for a nationwide...more

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Tech Firm’s Attempt to Block Overtime Rule Falls Short

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After a federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas blocked the DOL’s new overtime exemption rule as it pertains to Texas state employees, another judge in the Northern District of Texas declined to issue a similar...more

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Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your July To-Do List

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

Franczek P.C.

Will The New Overtime Rule Take Effect July 1?

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The clock is quickly ticking down to July 1, when the U.S. Department of Labor’s new rule increasing the minimum salary for many employees to be considered exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act is supposed...more

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Rates Up, Dude – Surfing the Wave of U.S. Minimum Wage, Tipped, and Exempt Employee Pay Increases that Will Occur on July 1, 2024

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While some across the United States are working on their tans, many employers are working on managing their labor budgets so they don’t get burned by increases in minimum pay standards for non-exempt, tipped, and certain...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

Get Ready for July 1, 2024 Federal Increased Salary Thresholds

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The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued its much-anticipated Final Rule, which increases the salary threshold that determines whether employees are exempt from overtime pay under the Federal Law, Fair Labor Standards Act...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Ripples in the OT Waters: Considering the Downstream Effects of Reclassifying Exempt Employees

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Seyfarth Synopsis: With the DOL’s new overtime exemption rule weeks from taking effect, employers must consider the impacts of reclassifying exempt employees. Some potential impacts are obvious, others not so much. Proactive,...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

Legal Challenges to New DOL Rule Increasing Salary Basis for Exempt Status under FLSA

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A new Department of Labor (DOL) Overtime Rule (2024 OT Rule) which raises the salary threshold for white-collar exemptions scheduled to go into effect on July 1, 2024 is facing legal challenges. On May 22, 2024, several...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

DOL Announces Rule Increasing Minimum Salary Threshold for Exempt Employees

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced on April 23 a final rule, Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees, which will take effect on July...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Pay Up: DOL Increases Salary for Exempt Workers

The Department of Labor (DOL) has released its final rule increasing the minimum salary employers must pay to most exempt workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Déjà vu All Over Again: The DOL Overtime Rule Faces Legal Challenge

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The first challenge to the Department of Labor’s overtime rule has landed, but what the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas will do with it and how any decision will affect businesses...more

Epstein Becker & Green

DOL Offering Webinars on Final Overtime Rule

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As we have previously addressed, the U. S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued its final rule raising salary thresholds for overtime exemptions under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) effective January 1, 2025. ...more

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Coaches and Athletic Trainers Under the New FLSA Exemption Rules

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A common question for schools assessing how to comply with the new overtime exemption rule published by the U.S. DOL is what to do about coaches and athletic trainers in light of the new minimum salary requirement for the...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

DOL’s New Salary Threshold Makes Millions of Employees Eligible for Overtime

On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a final rule (the “Rule”) increasing the minimum salary threshold for employees exempt from the overtime pay requirements established by the Fair Labor Standards...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

DOL Raises Overtime Exemption Salary Threshold—Millions of Workers Soon Newly Subject to Overtime Laws

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Last week, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced its long-awaited final rule raising the minimum salary that certain employees must earn in order to be exempt from overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”)....more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Raising the Roof: The U.S. Department of Labor Announces Rule Raising Salary Thresholds for Overtime Exemptions

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On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (“Department”) announced its final rule, Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees, which revises...more

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Preparing for the New Changes to the Federal Overtime Regulations – What Employers Need to Know

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The Department of Labor, on April 23, 2024, issued a new overtime rule regarding the so called “white collar” exemptions to the federal overtime regulations. The changes, which take effect on July 1, 2024, are likely to...more

Woods Rogers

DOL’s New Overtime Rule: Raising the Salary Threshold

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On April 23, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) released its highly anticipated final rule regarding overtime pay eligibility. The new rule, which goes into effect on July 1, 2024, significantly raises the salary thresholds...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

More Dollar for White Collar: DOL Issues New Overtime Rules

The Department of Labor issued a Final Rule on April 24, 2024, addressing the salary requirements for the overtime (“white collar”) exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Final Rule increases the standard salary...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New DOL Exemption Rule Requires Two-Step Salary Increases Under FLSA for Exempt Employees

Federal law establishes minimum wage and overtime requirements for non-exempt employees. These rules do not apply to individuals who qualify under the executive, administrative, and professional exemptions in the Fair Labor...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

DOL Unveils Final Overtime Rule and It’s Even More of a Pain Than Anticipated

The U.S. Department of Labor’s long-awaited final “Overtime Rule” is here, and it brings drastic changes to requirements employers must follow for paying salaried employees exempt from overtime. Under the Final Rule, which...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Ready or Not, Here It Is—the DOL’s New Overtime Rule Has Arrived

We are providing an update to our April 10 article regarding plans to increase the salary threshold for overtime-exempt employees, because on April 23 the Department of Labor released its final rule, Defining and Delimiting...more

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