Employers should begin preparing for the potential for an increased minimum salary threshold that would make more than a million white-collar workers eligible for overtime pay starting in 2020.
On March 7, 2019, the...more
On Wednesday, April 18, 2018, the Eleventh Circuit held — in a case of first impression in every circuit — that an “opt-in” plaintiff need only file a written consent to become a party-plaintiff under the Fair Labor Standards...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will not defend the Obama-era salary test for certain exemptions from overtime-pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), according to its June 30, 2017 briefing to the...more
Reviving past failed attempts to change federal overtime law, the House passed a bill on May 4, 2017, that would permit private sector employers to offer days off in lieu of earned overtime.
The Working Families...more