As we welcome 2025, here are 10 must-read Constangy bulletins and blog posts from 2024, highlighting insights that guided our readers through important legal developments, workplace issues, and the challenges in cybersecurity...more
1/9/2025
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Bias ,
Breach Notification Rule ,
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Green Cards ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Minimum Salary ,
NFL ,
NLRB ,
O-1 Aliens of Extraordinary Ability ,
Race Discrimination ,
Racial Bias ,
Retaliation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SolarWinds ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
On Friday, November 15, a federal court in the Eastern District of Texas vacated the U.S. Department of Labor’s 2024 Final Rule which sought to dramatically increase the minimum salary levels required for an employee to...more
The U.S. Department of Labor has issued final regulations that increase the minimum salary level needed for the white-collar exemption and the annual compensation threshold needed to be considered a Highly Compensated...more
After repeated promises and repeated delays, the U.S. Department of Labor has released proposed regulations to revise the compensation requirements of the White Collar and Highly Compensated Employee exemptions of the Fair...more
9/1/2023
/ Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EAP ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Final Rules ,
Highly Compensated Employees ,
Job Duties ,
Labor Regulations ,
Minimum Salary ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
Over-Time ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor issued its Final Rule regarding the salary thresholds that apply to certain exempt white-collar employees. The new salary thresholds will take effect on January 1.
The DOL received...more
Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Amos Mazzant followed up on his preliminary injunction ruling, issued last November, by rendering final judgment in favor of the business groups and state governments who had challenged...more
9/4/2017
/ Congressional Intent ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Final Rules ,
Minimum Salary ,
Over-Time ,
Popular ,
Standard Duties Test ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
The new regulations that would have more than doubled the salary threshold for Administrative, Executive, and Professional exemptions from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act – due to...more
FLSA white-collar exemption rule has retail employers in the bulls-eye -
The U.S. Department of Labor’s new rule regarding white-collar exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act has a lot of employers scrambling,...more
8/9/2016
/ Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Minimum Salary ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
Retailers ,
Standard Duties Test ,
Timekeeping ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions