On Friday November 15, 2024, a Texas federal court struck down the U.S. Department of Labor’s 2024 Final Rule increasing the salary threshold for the Administration, Executive, and Professional (EAP or “white collar”)...more
As we reported earlier this spring in the article, “Millions more U.S. workers to be eligible for overtime under final DOL rule,” the U.S. Department of Labor’s final rule raising the salary threshold for white collar workers...more
Payroll garnishments — “continuing earnings garnishments” — are court-ordered procedures that require an employer to withhold certain amounts from an employee’s paycheck and send those amounts directly to a third-person...more
Last month, the Biden administration unveiled its American Families Plan, an initiative focused on supporting children and families that includes making investments in education, extending tax cuts to lower and middle-income...more
The effect of furloughs on FFCRA leave -
Due to the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, many employers have had to make the difficult decision to furlough members of their workforce. A furlough is not a layoff or...more
8/3/2020
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Wage and Hour
Wednesday, March 25th, the U.S. Department of Labor has provided employers covered by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act’s paid sick leave and expanded Family and Medical Leave provisions with the required notices to...more
On Tuesday afternoon, March 24, the U.S. Department of Labor issued Questions & Answers regarding the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
Notably, the DOL clarified that the leave requirements under the Act become...more
As discussed in our EmployerLINC Alert earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage & Hour Division announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to increase the salary threshold employees must meet in...more
3/25/2019
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White-Collar Exemptions
While the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) generally requires employers to pay its employees overtime for any hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek, the law also provides that certain types of employees are exempt from –...more
4/12/2018
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Car Dealerships ,
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Navarro v Encino Motorcars ,
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SCOTUS ,
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Wage and Hour
Many states already have laws aimed at closing the wage gap. Whether they are couched as pay disparity, pay equity, equal pay, or pay transparency laws, the goal is the same – equal pay to women for equal work.
Some states...more
11/14/2017
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As we previously reported, the U.S. Department of Labor failed to challenge a federal district court’s blocking of the new overtime rule that was set to go into effect last December and, instead, signaled its intent to...more
On May 2, 2017, the Executive Office of the President issued a statement supporting a new House bill, H.R. 1180. H.R. 1180, the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017, proposes to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”)...more