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Join attorneys Sarah Sawyer and Russell Berger from Offit Kurman on this week's episode of OK at Work as they delve into the intricacies of the salary basis test for overtime exemptions under the FLSA. They discuss the...more
In November, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas blocked the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule discussed below. See Texas v. U.S. Dep’t of Lab., No. 4:24-CV-468-SDJ, 2024 WL 4806268 (E.D. Tex....more
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Join a panel of Clark Hill and HRAA labor and employment professionals as they explore the recent reset of the FLSA minimum exempt salary threshold and its implications for employers. This session will provide insights into...more
While Americans across the country headed to the polls to decide who would govern their country, state, county, or city, most decisions were already made concerning what minimum pay rate would govern the employment of...more
Exempt or not exempt, that is the question. It is not an easy question to answer, and it did not get any easier to answer when U.S. District Judge Sean D. Jordan vacated the Department of Labor (“DOL”) rule on overtime...more
On April 23, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Final Rule that significantly increased the minimum salary required for employees to be classified as exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Specifically,...more
In November, a Texas federal court struck down the Biden Department of Labor’s (DOL) rule that would have made millions of salaried workers eligible for overtime pay....more
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In a significant ruling, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has set aside a Department of Labor (DOL or Department) 2024 Rule, which sought to raise the minimum salary level for exemptions...more
On November 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide injunction vacating the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new rule (the “Rule”) raising the minimum salary thresholds for the...more
Texas federal judge Sean D. Jordan recently blocked a new U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Rule that would have allowed certain workers making less than $58,656 per year to automatically become eligible for overtime premium pay...more
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is appealing a U.S. district judge’s recent ruling striking down the agency’s final rule “Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales,...more
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On November 15, 2024, a federal district court in Texas struck down the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") Final Rule that would have made over four million additional workers eligible for overtime pay. The Final Rule...more
Shades of the wage-and-hour uncertainty that accompanied the end of President Obama’s administration in 2016 reappeared last week following a federal court’s decision to invalidate President Biden’s proposed overtime rule. ...more
The US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down the US Department of Labor (DOL)’s final rule raising the minimum salary level for the executive, administrative, and professional (EAP) and the highly...more
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, in State of Texas, et al. v. United States Department of Labor, et al. vacated the latest overtime rule by the Department of Labor (DOL) on November 15, 2024. The...more
After filing to vacate the Department of Labor’s (DOL) promulgation of a new overtime rule, the State of Texas and other plaintiffs recently won their case in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Texas....more