Keeping Up with Exemption Threshold Regulations
What's the Tea in L&E? DOL Drama: Court Vacates Overtime Expansion Rule
Employment Law Now VIII-154 - Court Invalidates DOL's 2024 Overtime Salary Threshold Increases
What's the Tea in L&E? Alert: Salary Threshold for Exempt Employees Increases to $58,656
VIDEO: Major Changes Coming for Employers
Employment Law Now VII-135-Summer 2023 Wrap-Up Part 1 (NEW DOL OVERTIME RULE)
Employer Responsibilities During the Texas Winter Storm
On-Demand Webinar | Legislative Updates for Employers to Plan for a Successful (and Compliant) 2021
#WorkforceWednesday: Readying Vaccine Policies, ACA’s Fate @SCOTUS, Jury Trials Shut Down - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday: CA Passes Proposition 22, New Marijuana Laws, New Administration’s Impact on Your Business - Employment Law This Week®
On-Demand Webinar | Employment Issues With a COVID-19 Vaccine
Employment Law Now IV-65- The Great Debate Part 2: Employee Lawyer vs. Employer Lawyer
COVID-19 Updates: Arizona Employment Law Issues
III-42-The New Overtime Rule and Antitrust Issues With Your Non-Competes
[WEBINAR] Labor & Employment Law: What Changed in 2017
II-31- The Changing 9 to 5 From 1980 to Today
I-14: Update on EEO-1 and I-9 Forms, Employer Obligations After a Hurricane or Other Natural Disaster, and Attorney Jason Barsanti on Meal and Rest Breaks
I-12: Update on the DOL's New OT Rules, and Part 2 of My Interview with Former EEOC General Counsel David Lopez
The Close of the Obama Era: What It Means for Employers
As 2026 approaches, employers may want to assess the following wage-and-hour compliance issues: rising salary thresholds for overtime exemptions, widening gaps between federal and state minimum wage amounts, and increasingly...more
As artificial intelligence becomes more prevalent in workplaces, it may have an unexpected impact upon employers. While employers may focus on the benefits AI provides, they must also be mindful that AI may impact employee...more
Each year, California’s minimum wage rises, but along with hourly workers’ wages increasing, so too does the salary threshold for employees to be exempt from overtime. For an employee to be exempt from overtime under...more
Starting January 1, 2026, California’s minimum wage for non-exempt employees will increase from $16.50 to $16.90 per hour — a 2.49% increase over 2025 rates. (Certain industries – fast food and health care – are already...more
Effective January 1, 2026, the state of New York will implement increases to both the minimum wage and the overtime exemption salary thresholds....more
California employers must ensure that compensation rates for computer professionals meet new compensation thresholds as of January 1, 2026. Each year, the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) sets the...more
Maine’s minimum wage is set to increase from $14.65 to $15.10 per hour on January 1, 2026, following a 3.1% rise in the Northeast Region's cost-of-living index from August 2024 to August 2025. New in 2026, this increase will...more
On September 30, 2025, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) announced upcoming increases to the state minimum wage and salary thresholds for exempt employees, effective on January 1, 2026....more
Washington State has announced its new minimum wage, exempt salary level, and other compensation levels for 2026. All of the following will be in effect as of January 1, 2026: Washington State minimum wage: $17.13 per hour...more
The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has announced a 2.8% increase to the state’s minimum wage for 2026. Beginning January 1, 2026, the statewide minimum wage will rise to $17.13 per hour, up from the...more
DOL’s latest opinion letter cracks open tip pooling rules for customer-facing oyster shuckers. The world of tip pooling under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a perennial source of confusion and litigation for...more
Managing risk in the employment law circus isn’t always easy when the rules change like they are contortionists. The 41st Annual Employment Law Update will highlight recent changes to the law and how employers can most...more
While lawmakers try to negotiate an end to the shutdown, impacted federal contractors are faced with managing the challenges and uncertainties that come with the indefinite stoppage of their work....more
As of October 1, 2025, we are in federal government shutdown. During previous government shutdowns, government agencies and departments issued stop-work orders, grinding work on government projects and contracts to a halt...more
The federal government has now shutdown as of midnight on Wednesday, October 1, 2025 with no money flowing to fund non-essential services. Private-sector employers with federal contracts may need to consider cost-saving...more
Hirdman v. Charter Commc’ns, LLC, 113 Cal. App. 5th 376 (2025) - Bradley Hirdman filed a lawsuit against his former employer (Charter Communications, LLC) alleging a violation of the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA)...more
A government shutdown looms at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1, when the current government funding expires. Appropriations bills that fund government operations are not expected to pass before the start of the new fiscal...more
Artificial Intelligence is transforming the American workplace. While the promise of AI is very real, so are the dangers this new technology presents. In particular, employers need to exercise caution that in using AI to...more
One of the primary issues employers must navigate is determining how to pay their employees, and that process begins with correctly classifying them. Only a limited number of positions within any company, such as managers,...more
Minimum Wage, Overtime, Meal/Rest Breaks, Predictive Scheduling, Prevailing Wage—Plus 2026 on the Horizon - California’s wage and hour landscape keeps shifting—fast. Join CDF attorneys for a practical update on what changed...more
With fall approaching and school back in session, the end of 2025 is on the horizon. The beginning of the new calendar year serves as an opportune time for manufacturers to revisit their wage and hour practices for compliance...more
On August 4, 2025, in Hirdman v. Charter Communications, a Court of Appeal of California agreed with the trial court that outside salespeople qualify as “exempt” employees under California Labor Code section 246(l)(3) and,...more
In a case of statutory interpretation, the California Court of Appeal in Hirdman v. Charter Communications, LLC recently affirmed a win for the employer, holding that outside sales employees can be paid as “exempt employees”...more
Home care agencies and other third-party employers may soon be able to reclaim the Companionship Services and Live-In Exemptions for caregivers and other domestic service employees, after more than a decade of exclusion, due...more
In Hirdman v. Charter Communication (8/4/25) 113 Cal.App.5th 376, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals was faced with the sole issue of determining the meaning of the phrase “exempt employees” as used in California Labor Code...more