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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Employment Flash - September 2017

This edition examines recent labor and employment developments at the U.S. federal, state and local levels, including a Texas district court ruling invalidating the Department of Labor's overtime rule; a New York appellate...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Proposed 2016 “White Collar” Regulations Struck Down; DOL Starts Work on New Regulations

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The winding legal path of the 2016 “white collar” regulations has come to an end. On August 31, 2017, the Honorable Amos L. Mazzant of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down the U.S. Department...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Overtime Exemption Increases: Not Now, But (Probably) Soon

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As our readers are aware, we have devoted a good amount of space to discussing the status of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule on exemptions from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). After a...more

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District Court Invalidates DOL's White Collar Regulations

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The higher salary requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) white collar exemptions that were set to take effect December 1, 2016, have been ruled invalid by a U.S. District Court in Texas. The same court...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

"Stick A Fork in It!" Updated Overtime Rules Are DOA . . . For Now

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On August 31, 2017, Judge Amos Mazzant of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas entered a final judgment in State of Nevada et al. vs. U.S. Department of Labor et al., awarding summary judgment against the...more

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Federal Court Invalidates Obama Administration Overtime Exemption Rule

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On August 31, 2017, Judge Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas invalidated the long-enjoined Obama Administration revised overtime regulation. The same judge previously granted a temporary, nationwide injunction blocking...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Fifth Circuit Dismisses Appeal of Nationwide Injunction of Obama-Era Overtime Rule

In light of the Texas district court’s recent judgment invalidating the 2016 overtime rule, the DOL filed an unopposed motion to withdraw its appeal of the November 2016 order that preliminarily enjoined the rule on a...more

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With the Overtime Appeal Over, It’s Now Time to Focus on the Do-Over

With the appeal of the overtime injunction in federal court now over, employers and trade associations now need to focus on the overtime do-over that is underway at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). More specifically,...more

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Department of Labor Abandons Appeal of Overtime Rule

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On September 5, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) asked a federal appeals court to dismiss its appeal of the court order blocking its controversial 2016 “overtime rule” from taking effect, signaling the DOL’s official...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Federal Judge Issues Final Ruling Striking Down Overtime Rule

Texas Federal Judge Amos Mazzant has issued a final ruling striking down the overtime rule. In the August 31 ruling, Judge Mazzant used essentially the same reasoning on which he based his temporary injunction ruling. In...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Wage and Hour/FLSA Update – DOL’s White-Collar Salary Threshold Struck Down (Again)

On August 31, 2017, a federal judge in Texas struck down an Obama-era Department of Labor rule that would have roughly doubled the salary threshold, under which all workers are guaranteed overtime under the Fair Labor...more

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Possible October Oral Arguments In Exemption Appeal

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The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has "tentatively" scheduled oral arguments for the week of October 2, 2017 regarding the U.S. Department of Labor's efforts to overturn last November's preliminary injunction blocking...more

McAfee & Taft

DOL back at it: FLSA ‘white collar’ exemption salary threshold likely to increase

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Last year was a busy year for employers. Many conducted internal audits and went through intense planning to comply with new U.S. Department of Labor overtime regulations that were to take effect December 1, 2016. Those 2016...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

In the Latest Episode of The Overtime Rule Soap Opera: DOL Tells Fifth Circuit It Will Revise Obama-Era Overtime Rule – But Not...

Last week, lawyers for the federal government told an appeals court that the Department of Labor plans to revise the currently-blocked overtime rule issued during the Obama administration last year.   But it won’t do so, it...more

Fisher Phillips

USDOL Submits Arguments In Salary Appeal

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The U.S. Department of Labor has finally filed a Reply Brief supporting its request that the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals overturn last November's preliminary injunction that blocked the salary-related changes in the...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

DOL Pushes Ahead With Appeal of Overtime Rule Injunction

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor filed a reply brief in further support of its appeal of the November 22, 2016 order in State of Nevada v. United States Dep’t of Labor, No. 4:16-CV-00731 (E.D. Tex.). That order,...more

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States Argue That Texas Court Properly Blocked Overtime Rule

In a legal brief filed on January 17, 2017, the 21 states that obtained a nationwide preliminary injunction that blocks the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) from implementing its revisions to overtime rules under the Fair Labor...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Injunction of the DOL’s Overtime Rule and Its Appeal

Is the Department of Labor (DOL) overtime rule now dead? Will the overtime rule be modified to a more modest version? Much uncertainty remains regarding the recently announced overtime rule in both the legal and the political...more

Franczek P.C.

OT Exemption Rules Lawsuit Will Proceed Despite Appeal

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Judge Amos Mazzant of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has decided that he will not halt the lawsuit challenging the U.S. DOL’s new overtime exemption rules pending a ruling from the 5th Circuit Court...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Texas Judge Denies DOL’s Motion to Stay District Court Overtime Litigation Pending Appeal

Yesterday, Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas denied the motion of the U.S. Department of Labor to stay further district court proceedings in the overtime litigation. The DOL had asked the district...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

SuperVision Today - December 2016

Notes from the Chair and Executive Editor - Welcome to the final edition of SuperVision Today for 2016. The topic that has consumed the time and interest of many human resource professionals in recent days has been the...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Department of Labor’s Appeal of Overtime Exemption Injunction Likely Weakens Under New Secretary of Labor

On November 23, we reported that a federal judge in Texas had issued an injunction blocking implementation of the long-awaited new Fair Labor Standards Act exemption regulations. Those regulations would have, among other...more

Ruder Ware

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

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UPDATE! Status of DOL's Overtime Rule

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On November 22, 2016, we reported on Judge Mazzant’s nationwide injunction which prevented the Department of Labor (DOL) from implementing its new overtime rules on December 1, 2016. [Link to EAlert] In issuing the...more

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Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Grants Department of Labor's Request for Expedited Briefing and Oral Argument Schedule

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On December 8, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) motion for an expedited briefing and oral argument schedule in its appeal of the District Court’s grant of a...more

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