On December 1, 2016 – the day that the Department of Labor’s (DOL's) proposed white collar salary threshold regulations originally were supposed to go into effect – the DOL filed an appeal with the Fifth Circuit Court of...more
On November 22, 2016, U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas granted a nationwide, preliminary injunction that at least temporarily blocks the Department of Labor (DOL) from adopting or...more
On December 1, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor's new overtime rule will go into effect. Most significantly, the minimum salary an employee must be paid to qualify for the executive, administrative and professional...more