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Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

First Circuit Reminds Employers That Inside Sales Positions Are Non-Exempt

We frequently encounter situations where employers classify their salesforce that primarily sells through telephone and internet means as salaried exempt employees, primarily for purposes of overtime and minimum wage payment...more

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U.S. Supreme Court to Consider Evidentiary Standard for Proving FLSA Exemption

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The U.S. Supreme Court next term will address the standard of proof that employers must meet to show an employee is exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). E.M.D. Sales,...more

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“Brand Representatives” Exempt from Overtime Provisions of FLSA After Qualifying as Outside Salespeople

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A Federal Appeals Court recently ruled that marketers who hand out samples and promote products qualify as outside salespeople under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), and are thus exempt from the overtime provisions of...more

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Store Sampler Representatives Are Exempt Outside Salespersons, First Circuit Holds

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Who doesn’t like free samples when shopping? But are the representatives providing those samples actually “selling” them so that they are exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) as outside salespersons?...more

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"Outside Salesman": Two Simple Words Make for One Complex Exemption

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Two recent opinion letters from the U.S Department of Labor (USDOL) examine the contours of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) “outside salesman” exemption, which exempts covered employees from the FLSA’s minimum...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Wage and Hour Division Modifies Rules For FLSA’s Retail Sales Exemption

On May 19, 2020, the United States Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) implemented a final rule withdrawing partial lists of establishments that it previously interpreted as either having “no retail concept” or...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

U.S. Labor Department Expands Types of Businesses That Can Claim Retail Overtime Exemption

Section 7(i) of the Fair Labor Standards Act provides an exemption from the usual overtime pay requirements for certain commissioned employees of retail or service establishments. For decades, the U.S. Department of Labor has...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Retail Salespeople Paid on Commission Are Entitled to Overtime and Sunday Pay, Massachusetts SJC Says

On May 8, 2019, Massachusetts’ highest court held that retail salespersons who are paid entirely on a commission or draw basis, may nevertheless be entitled to additional overtime or pay for work on Sundays. The Supreme...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Don’t Sell Your Company Short: Properly Classify Sales Employees

While certain sales employees are exempt from minimum wage and overtime requirements under federal and state laws, others are not. Getting it wrong can be a costly mistake, so employers are well advised to ensure their...more

Fisher Phillips

Parts Is Parts

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While not binding nationwide, a recent federal court decision should put to rest any legitimate argument that dealership parts counterpeople are not overtime exempt under federal law. Based on the concept that Fair Labor...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Changes to Minimum Wage Laws in 2019 Will Affect Nonexempt and White Collar Employees, as Well as Commissioned Inside Salespeople

As 2019 approaches, California employers should take note of the following changes to state and local minimum wage laws, which remain more generous than federal law and will affect both nonexempt and exempt employees....more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Door-To-Door Salesmen, Chauffeur Drivers Not Entitled To Overtime Pay Under ‘Fair Reading’ Of FLSA, Second Circuit Finds

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For the first time, a federal appellate court has acknowledged its obligation to give a “fair reading” to all Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime exemptions, as the U.S. Supreme Court stated in Encino Motorcars, LLC v....more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Second Circuit, Relying on SCOTUS Instruction, Rejects "Narrow Construction" Principle for FLSA Exemptions

In two decisions issued on September 19, the Second Circuit relied on the Supreme Court’s instruction in Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro, 138 S. Ct. 1134, 1140 (April 2, 2018) that FLSA exemptions are not to be construed...more

Fisher Phillips

It Happened Again…

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WARNING: If you are a regular recipient of the Dealership Update or a Fisher Phillips client, chances are that you will not necessarily learn anything new by reading this article. When you hear that a dealership settled a...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Bright Future in Sales? The Outside Salesperson FLSA Exemption

With minimum wage increasing at federal, state, and local levels and with wage and hour cases on the rise, we receive many questions about exemptions to overtime laws. One such exemption that does not get as much coverage as...more

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Serenity Now – Looking Back On USDOL's Actions Mid-Year, And A Sneak Peek At What Might Be Coming

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We are almost half way through 2018, and this year has been filled with fast and furious changes at USDOL. Proposed tip credit changes (Check, including a reaction from Congress and more tip credit changes on the horizon)....more

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Supreme Court Introduces “Fair” Reading Of FLSA Exemptions

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If you’re not an auto dealer and you missed last month’s Supreme Court decision in Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro, we forgive you. After all, a ruling on the correct application of the “salesman” exemption to service...more

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Don’t Forget About Minimum Wage And Recordkeeping!

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No doubt last month’s Navarro ruling in the Supreme Court was a big win for retail automotive. That decision affirmed that the same federal overtime exemption that applies to a “salesman, partsman, and mechanic” also applies...more

Burr & Forman

Early thoughts on this Supreme Court term

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We are about midway through the 2017-18 term of the U.S. Supreme Court. One case the Court has already decided and another it refused to take up provide some insight on how the Court has handled employment cases it has been...more

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Working Wise: How the Supreme Court’s New Overtime Decision May Impact the Future of FLSA Exemptions

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In this podcast, David Lindsay discusses the Supreme Court's recent decision in Encino Motor Cars v. Navarro et al., finding that auto service advisers are exempt employees and not covered by the overtime pay requirements of...more

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The Final Word: Service Advisors Are Exempt From Federal Overtime Laws

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It’s finally over; we can now say definitively that service advisors employed by automobile dealerships are exempt from federal overtime requirements. If you haven’t been following this story ... what have you been doing? ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Employment Flash - April 2018

This edition of Employment Flash looks at recent court decisions, including the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings on cases relating to the definition of a whistleblower and exemptions from the overtime pay provisions. This edition...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Supreme Court Overtime Case Signals A Pro-Employer Shift

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What keeps employers up at night? The prospect of collective action overtime lawsuits under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is right at the top of the list of human resources nightmares....more

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A "Fair" Reading of FLSA Exemptions: The Supreme Court Holds that Service Advisors Are Exempt from Federal Overtime Laws

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If you're not a car dealer and you missed the Supreme Court's decision last week in Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro, we forgive you. After all, at first blush, the decades-long battle over application of the "salesman"...more

McAfee & Taft

Employers prevail in auto service advisors FLSA exemption decision

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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

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