Alabama employers should be aware of the new state tax exemptions that take effect for certain overtime payments beginning on January 1, 2024. Alabama has temporarily modified its tax code to exempt from state tax amounts...more
On April 2, 2018, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro that automotive service advisers are exempt from overtime pay requirements under the FLSA. In its 5-4 decision authored by Justice...more
4/4/2018
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The House has finally taken action on overtime laws, though not the type of action employers have been anticipating over the past few years. On May 2, 2017, the U.S. House of Representativespassed a bill entitled the Working...more
Amidst a first-week flurry of executive orders on trade, immigration, and construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at peeling back many Obama-era regulations. On...more
2/8/2017
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Employers across the country can now exhale. On Tuesday, November 22, 2016, a Texas federal court entered a nationwide injunction blocking the U.S. Department of Labor's ("DOL") new federal overtime rules from taking effect...more
On this Thanksgiving Eve, contractors and other employers can take a breathe and gobble down some extra turkey and pumpkin pie without worrying about the new increases in overtime rules....more
11/23/2016
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On November 16, 2016, a Texas federal judge announced at a hearing that his decision on whether to block the U.S. Department of Labor’s(“DOL”) new overtime rules from taking effect would be made by November 22, 2016. Earlier...more
11/18/2016
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On May 18, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") issued its final changes to the federal overtime regulations. The final regulations make significant changes to common white collar exemptions from the federal overtime...more
On March 13, 2014, President Obama signed a memorandum directing the United States Department of Labor to revise the regulations concerning employees' eligibility for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA")....more