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Minimum Salary Employer Liability Issues Trump Administration

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Employment Flash - December 2019

This edition of Employment Flash looks at recent NLRB activity, including its issuance of a decision suggesting two members would be willing to reconsider a precedent regarding surveillance of employees’ union activity. We...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Time Is Money: A Quick Wage-Hour Tip on … State Salary Thresholds for Certain Exempt Employees

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After a false start three years ago, the federal Department of Labor (“DOL”) will finally be rolling out an increased minimum salary threshold for employees qualifying under the “white collar” exemptions. The increase in the...more

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DOL Breaks Record in Wage and Hour Enforcement – Time to Consider Self-Audits

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Those who believed the Trump administration would scale back the Obama-era Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) aggressive enforcement of wage and hour laws may be surprised to learn that the DOL recently announced that it recovered...more

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U.S. Department Of Labor Increases FLSA Salary Threshold

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On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued the final rule on the salary threshold, making 1.3 million American workers newly eligible for overtime pay.  The final rule raises the standard salary level...more

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New Minimum Salary For Exempt Employees Takes Effect January 1, 2020

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On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Labor issued its final rule concerning overtime exemptions. The rule increases the salary threshold for employees exempt under the executive, administrative, and professional exemptions (the...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

DOL Finalizes Updates to the Overtime Rule; Largely Adopts Earlier Proposal

On September 24th, the Department of Labor ("DOL") formally issued revisions to the Overtime Rule that largely mirror their proposed changes from spring 2019. The new rule sets the salary threshold for white collar exemptions...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

The New Federal Overtime Rule: What You Need to Know

The U.S. Department of Labor issued its final rule amending the overtime regulations today, without any significant changes from the proposed rule the agency issued in March 2019.  Here’s the bottom line....more

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DOL Issues New Overtime Exemption Rule

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The U.S. Department of Labor released its highly anticipated final rule governing the new salary threshold for the “white collar” overtime exemptions. Effective January 1, 2020, the final rule raises the salary threshold for...more

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United States Department of Labor Moves Hint at Policy Changes, but Employers Await Clarity

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Presidential administration transitions almost always result in policy and enforcement initiative changes at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). This year appears to be no different, but it is not yet clear how some recent...more

Conn Maciel Carey LLP

[Webinar] A Review of the DOL's Major 2016 Regulatory Initiatives and How (and / or Whether) those will be Implemented in the...

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The Department of Labor was extremely active in 2016 as President Obama’s second term came to a close. From more than doubling the threshold salary level to be classified as an exempt employee to requiring employers provide...more

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

Headed for Overtime? Trump Administration Will Decide Fate of New Time-and-a-Half Rule

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If you're an employee and you work more than 40 hours a week, you typically have the right to receive time-and-a-half overtime pay for those extra hours....more

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More Overtime or Not?

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The table is set for a fight over whether or not more employees will be eligible for overtime pay as a result of the Department of Labor regulation changing the qualifications to be an exempt employee. President-Elect Trump...more

Laner Muchin, Ltd.

Although Presidential Election Creates Questions About FLSA Regulations, Employers Who Ignore December 1 Effective Date Do So At...

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Effective December 1, 2016, pursuant to new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations adopted by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the salary threshold for many salaried exempt employees will increase substantially, from...more

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