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What about those salary thresholds for white-collar employees? Although they have been challenged, they are alive and kicking. Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed that the Department...more
On Sept. 11, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the Department of Labor’s longstanding practice of using salary levels to determine overtime pay eligibility. Since 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act has...more
On September 11, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Mayfield v. U.S. Department of Labor confirmed that the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) has the authority to use a salary basis to define its...more
Real World Impact: On September 11, 2024, in Mayfield v. Department of Labor, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the Department of Labor’s (DOL) authority to set minimum salary thresholds for overtime...more
On September 11, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued its opinion in Mayfield v. Department of Labor, upholding the authority of the Department of Labor (“DOL”) to establish a minimum salary...more
In a follow-up to our previous client alerts on the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issuing a new overtime exemption rule and legal challenges to the new rule, a three-judge panel on the Fifth Circuit found that the DOL was...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On September 11, 2024, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held in Mayfield v. U.S. Department of Labor that the Secretary’s salary test for evaluating overtime exemptions are valid...more
We previously wrote about the U.S. Department of Labor’s 2024 overtime rule that raises the salary basis for overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). We explained that this rule was bound to face legal...more
The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more
In a major win for the Department of Labor, a federal appeals court just ruled that the agency has the power to set a salary basis floor in order for workers to be considered exempt from overtime pay. Yesterday’s ruling from...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more
Many employers are planning to reclassify employees to non-exempt status now that the Labor Department is significantly raising the salary threshold for employees to be exempt from overtime pay. You likely know that...more
Employers are generally required to pay nonexempt employees overtime compensation of at least one and a half times their regular rate of pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek....more
The Department of Labor’s decision to significantly increase the minimum salary required to claim the so-called white-collar exemptions from federal overtime requirements has prompted legal challenges from employers. ...more
Colleges and universities are feeling the heat after recent increases to the salary threshold for employees to be exempt from overtime pay under federal wage and hour law. The new rules may have significant implications for...more
A group of nursing facilities in Pennsylvania was recently ordered to pay a whopping $36 million in overtime pay and damages to workers who claimed their employers deliberately paid them less than they actually earned. After...more
With the U.S. Department of Labor’s recent increases to the minimum salary or fee amount for certain exempt employees, many employers are reviewing the exemption status of their employees. In doing so, employers should be...more
As we previously reported, the Department of Labor (DOL) published its final rule, “Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees,” on April 23,...more
A Fifth Circuit panel heard oral argument on Wednesday, August 7, on whether Department of Labor (DOL) regulations imposing a salary requirement to satisfy the executive, administrative and professional exemptions is valid....more
If one Texas employer has its way, we wouldn’t be fighting over whether the Department of Labor has the right to raise the floor of the salary basis test for determining OT exempt status – we’d instead conclude that the...more
A final rule issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) revises the salary requirements for determining minimum wage and overtime pay exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This article reviews the rule changes...more
In a 2024 Final Rule, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it would be increasing in two phases the salary threshold for employees to be exempt from overtime....more
Effective July 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor’s new overtime rule took effect throughout the country, except in the state of Texas (where due to ongoing litigation, Texas employees that are employed by the state of...more
After much nail biting and wondering when to jump the train track, on July 1, 2024, the new overtime thresholds for non-exempt employees went into effect for everyone – outside of Texas. Now the rest of us are subject to the...more
Effective July 1, 2024, new regulations from the United States Department of Labor (the “DOL”) (the “2024 Rule”) increase the minimum salary level employees must be paid in order to be exempt from the Fair Labor Standards...more