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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

Perkins Coie

November Tip of the Month: Texas Court Nullifies DOL Overtime Rule: Employers Face Decisions

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On November 15, 2024, a Texas district court vacated, on a nationwide basis, a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) rule that increased the salary thresholds applicable to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) “white collar” and...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Federal Court Strikes Down 2024 DOL Overtime Rule Nationwide

On November 15, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas invalidated the Department of Labor’s final rule that increased the minimum salary for executive, administrative, and professional (EAP) exemption...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Pass the FLSA Sauce! 5 Employment Law Happenings That May Make You Thankful

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, now is the perfect time to reflect on things for which we have to be thankful. In the ever-evolving world of labor and employment law, there have been several significant...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The Post-Chevron World: 2024 Overtime EAP Exemption Rule Vacated

After filing to vacate the Department of Labor’s (DOL) promulgation of a new overtime rule, the State of Texas and other plaintiffs recently won their case in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Texas....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Responding to the Vacated FLSA Salary Threshold Rule

On November 15, 2024, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas overturned the 2024 Department of Labor (DOL) rule (the 2024 Rule) increasing the salary threshold for certain exempt employees under the Fair Labor...more

Robinson Bradshaw

U.S. DOL Rule Invalidated Nationwide, Reverting Salary Minimums to 2019 Thresholds

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On Friday, Nov. 15, a federal judge in Texas struck down the U.S. Department of Labor’s 2024 rule regarding salary minimums for exemptions from minimum wage and overtime requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act that...more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Federal Court Strikes Down the DOL’s Increased Salary Thresholds for Executive, Administrative, Professional, And Highly...

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This past Friday, employers scored a victory when a Texas federal judge struck down the Department of Labor’s (DOL) rule which increased the salary levels for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) executive, administrative,...more

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The White-Collar Wage War: Fifth Circuit Backs DOL’s Power To Set Salary Threshold

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In Mayfield v. United States Dep't of Labor, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a lower court's ruling that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has authority to set a minimum salary threshold for the...more

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An Independent School’s Guide to the New DOL Overtime Rule

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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

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Are You in Compliance with the New FLSA Salary Threshold?

We previously posted here regarding a July 1, 2024, increase in the salary threshold for overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Despite multiple legal challenges to the Department of Labor’s 2024 Rule,...more

Butler Snow LLP

Hurry Up and Wait – DOL Final Rule increasing salary threshold on July 1, 2024 faces legal challenges

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On April 23, 2024, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced a final rule which will raise the salary threshold required to classify employees as exempt from overtime pay requirements under federal law.[1]...more

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National Business Associations File Suit to Block New DOL Overtime Rule

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On May 22, 2024, a group of national business associations filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) from implementing its new Final Rule on overtime. As we noted in our prior alert, the new rule...more

Conn Kavanaugh

Department of Labor to Expand Access to Overtime Pay Substantially in Two Phases Beginning July 1, 2024

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On April 23, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) released a final rule raising the minimum salary thresholds for certain overtime exemptions under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which effectively expands the...more

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Key Takeaways for Maine Employers from DOL Final Rule Increasing Salary Thresholds for Exempt Employees

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The U.S. Department of Labor recently issued a final rule that would increase the required salary thresholds for employees to be exempt from overtime requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The increases to...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

DOL Raises Minimum Salary Thresholds for Overtime Exemptions

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Employers may need to raise exempt employee salaries or reclassify them as non-exempt if the new salary thresholds go into effect. On April 23, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new rule (the DOL Rule) that...more

Williams Mullen

Raising the FLSA Exemption Bar: More Workers Will Be Eligible For Overtime

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its Final Rule on April 23, 2024, updating the minimum salary threshold for exemption from overtime payment obligations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Rule created...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

DOL Increases Compensation Threshold for Exemption Eligibility

The Department of Labor (DOL) announced on April 23, 2024, a final rule that expands the compensation threshold for exemption eligibility under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). On July 1, 2024, most salaried workers who...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

DOL Raises Salary Requirements for Overtime Exemptions

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced April 23, 2024 it will increase the minimum annual salary that is required to make certain white-collar employees to be eligible for overtime (often referred to as the executive,...more

Brooks Pierce

Extra, Extra…Pay for Exempt Employees: DOL Published Final Rule on Overtime Exemptions

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On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule altering the requirements for “white collar” exemptions under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This is the final step in a process that...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

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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Pain and a Half: How DOL’s New Overtime Proposal Could Drastically Change Your Business

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently rocked the business world when it announced a Proposed Rule that, if implemented in its current form, would force employers around the country to increase salaries for millions of...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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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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