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Wage and Hour Law during Trump's Next Administration: Issues We're Watching

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As the country prepares for a new presidential administration, employers and employees alike face questions about the future of wage and hour law. While there is potential for change in various wage and hour issues during the...more

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Texas Court Strikes Down DOL Overtime Rule: Analysis and Impact on Employers

On November 15, 2024, in Texas v. United States Department of Labor, a Texas federal district court struck down a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) final rule that would have raised the minimum salary threshold for exempt...more

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SuperVision - Labor & Employment Law Insights, Issue 4, December 2024

Happy Holidays and welcome to our year-end issue of SuperVision. In this edition, we are pleased to bring you the “Top Five” biggest labor and employment issues that will impact employers for the coming year along with...more

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Employment Law Update: Court Strikes Down 2024 Overtime Pay Regulations: What Employers Need To Know

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On November 15, 2024, the Eastern District of Texas invalidated the newly established overtime pay regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in 2024. These regulations incrementally increased the minimum salary...more

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Another Rule Bites the Dust: Court Invalidates Rule Requiring Higher Salaries to be Exempt from Overtime

On Friday, November 15, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas set aside the Department of Labor’s (DOL) rule increasing the minimum salary level for the executive, administrative, and...more

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Federal Judge Strikes Down New Overtime Rule Nationwide

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On November 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) final rule that was set to raise the minimum salary threshold for “white collar” employees to...more

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July is Still the New January! Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute’s Mid-Year Legislative Report

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Hot off the press – here is Littler’s mid-year report!  As federal regulators, states and cities continue to pass new workplace regulations through the calendar year, we summarize each state’s notable labor and employment law...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Update: The DOL’s New Overtime Rule is Officially in the Pipeline

Following up on our previous blog post about the DOL’s Proposed Rule raising minimum salary thresholds for exempt workers, we are now getting closer to game time. The DOL recently submitted a proposed Final Rule through the...more

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Proposed DOL Overtime Rule Increasing the Minimum Salary Threshold for Exempt Employees Likely to Take Effect Later this Year

A Department of Labor (DOL) proposed rule increasing the minimum salary threshold for exempt employees is projected to change the exempt status of approximately 3.4 million employees and go into effect as early as June 2024....more

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New Year, New Rules? 2024 May See Implementation Of The DOL’s Proposal For Increased Exemption Salary Thresholds While...

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As 2023 comes to a close, so did the notice-and-comment period for the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rule increasing the minimum salary required for employees to be exempt under any of the “White Collar...more

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Department of Labor Proposes an Increase to the FLSA Exempt Employee Salary Threshold; Is 2023(4) the New 2019 or 2017?

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On August 30, 2023 the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced the much anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) which, if implemented, would increase certain otherwise salary exempt employees’ compensation under...more

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The 8 and 80 Overtime System and How It Affects Healthcare Establishments

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What is the 8 and 80 overtime system? The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) generally requires covered employers to pay non-exempt employees overtime for all hours worked over 40 hours in a work week. However, the FLSA...more

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Proposed DOL Regulations Seek to Raise Salary Thresholds for Overtime Exemptions

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed new regulations that seek to increase the salary thresholds for overtime pay exemptions under the Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA). If implemented, nearly 3.6 million employees...more

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Preparing for Possible New Changes to Federal OT Regulations: What Employers Need to Know

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The Department of Labor, on August 30, 2023, proposed changes to the so-called “white collar” exemptions to the federal overtime regulations. If adopted and implemented, the proposed changes would result in millions of...more

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Will the FLSA Regulations for Exempt Employees Apply to Puerto Rico Operations?

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On August 30, 2023, the United States Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to update and revise the regulations under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act regarding...more

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DOL's New Proposed Overtime Rule Would Drastically Increase the Salary Threshold for the White Collar Overtime Exemption

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Executive Summary: Under a new proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), released on August 30, 2023, more than 3.4 million workers would be newly eligible for overtime pay unless employers pay a much higher...more

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U.S. DOL Proposes Rule to Extend Overtime Pay For Millions of Workers

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On August 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor proposed revisions to section 13(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA), which would result in millions of workers who are now exempt from overtime requirements being...more

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DOL Announces Much-Anticipated Proposal to Increase Minimum Salary for Executive, Administrative, and Professional Employees to at...

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On August 30, 2023, in one of the U.S. Department of Labor’s most highly anticipated rulemakings of the year, the Wage and Hour Division announced the details of its forthcoming Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the...more

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Seyfarth Policy Matters Newsletter - February 2020 #2

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In the wake of the impeachment proceedings, the State of the Union, the Administration’s budget proposal, and the initial rounds of the battle to see who gets the Democratic Presidential nomination, it’s been pretty quiet on...more

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Colorado Proposes Sweeping Changes to Wage & Hour Standards

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As we previously reported, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) has been considering major changes to the state’s overtime and minimum wage laws this year. Details on the recently proposed changes follow....more

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Get Ready: Significant Changes to Pennsylvania’s White-Collar Overtime Exemptions Are Almost Here

More than a year ago, in June 2018, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) proposed new regulations under the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act (PMWA) that would increase significantly the minimum salary...more

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Regulatory Spring: Rulemaking by the Wage & Hour Division

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Earlier last week, the comment period ended for the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division’s proposed rule increasing the salary threshold for the FLSA’s white collar exemption. The proposal received more than...more

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U.S. Department of Labor goes on rulemaking frenzy

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has been very active in the last couple of weeks. Last month, we alerted employers to newly published proposed rules that would raise the minimum salary level for white collar exemptions....more

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DOL proposes new rule clarifying regular rate requirements under the FLSA

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Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a proposed rule seeking to update the “regular rate” requirements under Section 7(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), thereby clarifying the types of payments an...more

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Caps Off to You: DOL Proposes Raising Salary Cap

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In 2014, the Obama administration proposed raising the minimum salary threshold for exempt white-collar workers to $47,476 per year— nearly double the current salary level. The Obama administration’s rule, which was intended...more

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