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In recent months, the Department of Labor (DOL) has seen an overhaul of its agency leadership. First, President Trump appointed Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Deputy Secretary Keith Sonderling, and more recently,...more
During the Biden administration, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final regulation (the “2024 Rule”) seeking to increase the salary threshold for overtime eligibility for the “white-collar” exemption (also referred...more
At a Glance - The Policy Week in Review, prepared by Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute (WPI), sets forth WPI’s updates on federal, state, and local matters, as well as Littler’s published in-depth analyses of the prior...more
On March 14, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order ending the obligation to pay individuals working on or in connection with certain federal contracts or subcontracts a minimum wage currently set at $17.75 per hour....more
The Michigan legislature amended the state’s Wage Act on Feb. 20, 2025, in a compromise measure that accelerated the schedule of minimum wage increases but staved off a complete phaseout of the tip credit for workers who...more
Few federal regulations over the past five years have produced more needless concern by stakeholders than the independent contractor rules under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) issued by the different...more
On January 21, 2025, Governor JB Pritzker signed the Dignity in Pay Act (HB793) into law. The Dignity in Pay Act mandates that subminimum wage authorizations otherwise authorized under federal law be phased out and completely...more
On January 15, 2025, the United States Supreme Court issued a rare unanimous decision clarifying the applicable standard employers must meet in cases involving exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). In an...more
Looking toward a second administration under President-elect Trump, we anticipate a shift toward more employer-friendly labor policies and away from interpretations of law that afforded more expansive protections to...more
2024 was yet another active year in the labor and employment landscape. While 2025 and the new administration could bring any number of changes to workplace laws and enforcement, the timing and extent of such changes is...more
In November, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas blocked the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule discussed below. See Texas v. U.S. Dep’t of Lab., No. 4:24-CV-468-SDJ, 2024 WL 4806268 (E.D. Tex....more
On April 23, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Final Rule that significantly increased the minimum salary required for employees to be classified as exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Specifically,...more
Earlier this year, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced increases to the salary threshold for the “bona fide executive, administrative, or professional” exemption and the “highly compensated employee” exemption to the...more
On November 15, 2024, a federal district court in Texas struck down the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") Final Rule that would have made over four million additional workers eligible for overtime pay. The Final Rule...more
A federal judge in Texas has struck down the Biden administration’s overtime rule that would have extended overtime protections to an estimated four million additional workers. ...more
Last Friday, a Texas federal court struck down the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) 2024 rule raising the minimum salary levels for certain exemptions to the overtime requirements of the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA)....more
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
On Friday, November 15, a Texas federal court turned back time on the minimum salary threshold rule for certain overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standard Act’s (“FLSA”)—halting the planned January 1, 2025, increase,...more
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
On November 15, 2024, a federal judge blocked the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) attempt to raise the minimum salary level for the executive, administrative, and professional (EAP) exemptions from minimum wage and overtime...more
On November 15, 2024, U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Department of Labor’s 2024 regulations for executive, administrative, and professional (EAP)...more
A federal district judge has vacated the U.S. DOL’s 2024 rulemaking increasing the minimum salary employers must pay to exempt executive, administrative, and professional employees. That minimum now reverts to an annualized...more
As our prior legal alerts detailed, pursuant to a Final Rule from the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor (“DOL”), the salary thresholds for the Executive, Administrative, and Professional (“EAP”) and Highly...more
On November 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule raising the salary thresholds for being exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards...more
Earlier today, November 15, 2024, United States District Court Judge Sean D. Jordan of the Eastern District of Texas, granted summary judgment against the Department of Labor determining that the United States Department of...more