Wage and Hour, Final Rules, Texas

Employers Take Note: Court Vacates Salary Threshold Increases for Exempt Employees

Lippes Mathias LLP on 12/18/2024

Last month, a federal district court in Texas invalidated the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) April 2024 Final Rule (“Final Rule”), which would have raised salary thresholds for Executive, Administrative, and Professional...more

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

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 12/9/2024

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

UPDATE: State of Texas and Business Groups Succeed in Vacating DOL’s Final Rule Increasing Compensation Thresholds for Exempt...

Porter Hedges LLP on 11/20/2024

As we reported earlier this year, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a final rule on April 23, 2024 (the “Final Rule”), raising the salary threshold for the so-called “White-Collar” Exemptions and the Highly Compensated...more

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Final Rule Increasing the Salary Threshold for EAP Exemptions Took Effect, Except for the State of...

Epstein Becker & Green on 7/10/2024

As we previously reported, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new final rule increasing the minimum salary amounts for the executive, administrative, and professional (EAP) and highly compensated employee exemptions....more

Challenges to DOL Overtime Rule (Effective for *Almost All Covered Employers July 1, 2024)

Brooks Pierce on 7/1/2024

Most employers in the United States will start the month of July with a higher salary requirement to exempt certain employees from minimum wage and overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). However, a June 28th...more

NLRB’s Expansive New “Joint Employer” Rule Struck Down by Texas Federal Court

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/13/2024

Employers in the United States received a significant win on March 8, 2024 when a federal court in Texas struck down the National Labor Relations Board’s (“Board”) expansive new “joint employer” rule, and upheld the existing...more