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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
The Department of Labor has proposed raising the minimum salary threshold for “white-collar” exemptions under the FLSA to $55,068 annually. The proposed rule would also raise the threshold for “highly compensated...more
FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (FLSA) OVERVIEW - The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires that all covered employers pay their employees compensation for hours worked over forty per week at one and a half times their regular...more
Adams and Reese will host a webinar, “Wage and Hour: Potential Pitfalls,” taking place on Wednesday, April 19, from Noon to 1 p.m. central time, via ON24 Webcast. Please join us for a one-hour CLE on common wage and hour...more
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark opinion in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, 137 S. Ct. 1773 (2017), a question arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective actions is...more
Federal and state wage and hour litigation has been an area of concentration for Industrial/Organizational Psychologists for decades. These cases address alleged discrimination in wage-based employment practices such as...more
When determining whether an employee qualifies for a minimum wage and overtime exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act, employers often quickly rule out most of the available exemptions. For example, the executive...more
In exemption cases (or lawsuits), a title means nothing. You can call a janitor a Maintenance Engineer but if his primary duties are sweeping up, he will still be deemed non-exempt. Actual duties control the determination....more
The US Department of Labor (DOL) may seek again, in 2023, to raise the salary threshold for a person to fit within a Part 541 white-collar exemption. The agency was going to announce its plans in April but it has been...more
The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted the Petition for Certiorari of Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. to review an issue splitting the federal Courts of Appeals under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Justices have...more
For years now, healthcare employers have been particularly attractive targets when it comes to wage and hour compliance actions. Not only is the industry one of the largest in the country, there are some issues unique to...more
In 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) collected a whopping $234 million in back wages for nearly 200,000 employees who the DOL determined were not paid in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Experts...more
Wage and hour law is full of traps for the unwary. Even compensation practices that are well-accepted across an entire industry can sometimes create huge headaches for employers in the face of a legal challenge....more
It is estimated that as many as 75% of Arizona contractors are not paying their employees overtime properly. If the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") conducts an audit, the results can be devastating to an employer. The...more
There are certain industries or fields where misclassification issues are prevalent because the nature of the duties of the workers “seems” to smack of exempt work but then there is a doubt as to whether they truly meet all...more
The questions and answers below highlight labor and employment topics as they relate to nonprofit organizations. Classifying Your Staff - What is the difference between a paid employee and an unpaid volunteer? Under...more
As businesses across the country begin to face a wave of COVID-19-related workplace litigation, some are learning the hard lesson that some of these claims may also dredge up long-simmering employment conflicts unrelated to...more
Federal and state laws regulating the payment of wages continue to develop at a rapid pace. States continue to increase their minimum wage, despite the federal minimum wage remaining stagnant at $7.25 per hour since 2009. ...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Second Circuit has affirmed summary judgment for the employer, Aetna, in an exempt misclassification overtime claim brought by a nurse reviewer. Agreeing that the plaintiff was properly classified as a...more
This newsletter summarises four significant judicial decisions over recent months. 1. The purpose of a probation period is for the employee’s skills to be assessed. Therefore an employee’s absence would extend the...more
In September, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a long-awaited final rule updating the compensation requirements for the FLSA’s executive, administrative, and professional exemptions. The 2019 Final Rule is effective...more
Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries just decided to substantially raise the state’s salary threshold to meet the salary basis test for “white collar” overtime exemptions. As set out more specifically below,...more
Can a business that is deemed illegal under federal law still be subject to federal wage and hour laws? That’s the question recently answered in a decision handed down in Robert Kenney v. Helix TCS, Inc. by the Tenth Circuit...more
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The Department of Labor (“DOL”) has revised its Overtime Rule that updates the earnings thresholds necessary to exempt executive, administrative and professional employees from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”) minimum...more