As has been expected, and as we addressed at the end of 2023 in our previous blog post, on April 23, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) at long last issued its final rule raising the salary thresholds for overtime...more
4/24/2024
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As 2023 comes to a close, so did the notice-and-comment period for the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rule increasing the minimum salary required for employees to be exempt under any of the “White Collar...more
12/21/2023
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In a recent case from the District of Colorado, a federal judge made clear that (at least in the Tenth Circuit) the first step of conditional certification is not just a rubber stamp to move on to the next stage of litigation...more
On September 24, 2019, the US Department of Labor announced a finalized rule increasing the earnings threshold necessary for employees to qualify as exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”) minimum wage and...more
10/1/2019
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