On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule which included a two-step raise of the federal minimum salary requirement for exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Beginning...more
7/5/2024
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Recently, the Fifth Circuit overturned decades-old precedent requiring that plaintiffs suffer an “ultimate employment decision” (such as actions relating to hiring, firing, leave, or pay) in order to plead a claim under Title...more
Returning to its long-standing practice of issuing opinion letters (which had ceased in 2010), and after reissuing 17 previously withdrawn opinion letters on January 5, 2018, the Department of Labor (DOL) yesterday issued...more
4/16/2018
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Last week, a hydraulic fracturing equipment supplier was hit with a putative class action lawsuit in federal court in Pennsylvania, alleging violations of state and federal wage and hour law. ...more