On January 9, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Kentucky entered an order vacating the 2024 Title IX regulations (the Final Rule). The case is Tennessee, et al. v. Cardona (Civil Action No. 2: 24-072)....more
1/17/2025
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On September 24 — more than five years after the Obama administration first proposed updating the overtime regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) — the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released the final version of...more
9/24/2019
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On November 22, just eight days before the much-discussed amendments to the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (Final Rule) were scheduled to take effect, a federal district court judge for the Eastern...more
While new overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act are being challenged in court, employers should still prepare for a likely December 1 effective date.
On September 20, 2016, 21 states and more than 50...more
9/29/2016
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Employers must identify all employees presently classified as exempt who are making less than the new salary threshold and take action to comply with the final rules.
Nearly a year after releasing proposed regulations,...more