Wage and Hour, Rulemaking Process, EAP

STOP THE PRESSES: DOL’s Overtime Expansion Faces Judicial Freeze

Woods Rogers on 11/19/2024

A federal judge in Texas has hit pause on the hotly contested salary increase for the executive, administrative, and professional (EAP) overtime exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Earlier this year, the...more

DOL Aims for April 2024 Release of White-Collar Exemption Final Rule

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 12/13/2023

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) unveiled its semi-annual regulatory agenda on December 6, 2023, which sets an April 2024 date for release of the agency’s anticipated final rule amending the regulations defining the “white...more

USDOL proposes to expand minimum wage, OT protections by increasing minimum salaries for White Collar exemptions

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 9/1/2023

After repeated promises and repeated delays, the U.S. Department of Labor has released proposed regulations to revise the compensation requirements of the White Collar and Highly Compensated Employee exemptions of the Fair...more

New DOL Proposal Would Expand Overtime Pay to Millions of Workers

Gould + Ratner LLP on 9/1/2023

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced a new proposed rule that – if it becomes final – would extend overtime pay to over 3 million American workers. Annual Salary Threshold for EAP Exemptions Increases to...more

An Updated Federal Overtime Rule: When’s It Coming?

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 11/3/2022

Twice a year (in the spring and the fall), each federal agency publishes a “Regulatory Agenda” that discloses the proposal and final rules it has recently issued, together with those that it plans to issue. Back in the fall...more

Increase in Minimum Salary Threshold for FLSA EAP Exemptions

Poyner Spruill LLP on 10/24/2019

Effective January 1, 2020, the minimum salary threshold for the executive, administrative, and professional exemptions (EAP exemptions) under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will increase from $455 a week ($23,660...more