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Recent Shifts in Wage and Hour Law – Paid Time Off During FMLA Leave and Exempt Employee Status Challenges

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January brought two legal updates in the wage and hour space. Read on! PROHIBITING THE MANDATORY USE OF PAID TIME OFF DURING CERTAIN FMLA LEAVES - On January 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour...more

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Wage and Hour Officials Focus on Healthcare Employers in Southeastern U.S. – 5 Tips to Avoid Trouble

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Federal wage and hour officials have trained their attention on healthcare employers in the Southeastern United States – and we expect this scrutiny to continue into the new year. The past year alone saw the Department of...more

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SuperVision - Labor & Employment Insights, Issue 2, July 2024

Welcome to the Summer issue of SuperVision, our labor and employment e-newsletter. We continue to see substantial activity and legal developments impacting employers. In this edition, we cover Artificial Intelligence,...more

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Judge Issues Last-Minute Order Halting Overtime Rule for Texas State Workers Only: What Employers Need to Know

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The State of Texas as an employer will not have to comply with Monday’s new exempt salary threshold for the so-called “white-collar” exemptions because of a court order issued late on Friday. But the ruling is limited: Texas...more

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DOL Delivers a Proposed Salary Bump to FLSA Overtime Thresholds for Labor Day

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Just days before Labor Day, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) unveiled its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”), aimed at revising the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime exemptions for executive, administrative, and...more

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[Webinar] Expert Summit for Employment Attorneys: NEW BONUS SESSION: Expert Testimony in Wage and Hour Litigation - March 2nd,...

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Federal and state wage and hour litigation has been an area of concentration for Industrial/Organizational Psychologists for decades. These cases address alleged discrimination in wage-based employment practices such as...more

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Planning for 2023: Consider Reviewing Employee Salaries Before the Labor Department Issues a New Overtime Rule

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As you plan your 2023 budgets, you may want to account for a potential increase in the exempt salary threshold under an anticipated new federal overtime rule. The Department of Labor (DOL) initially aimed to release the...more

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4 Reminders for Employers After a Texas BBQ Chain’s $900K Tip Pooling Mistake

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Employers in the restaurant and hospitality industries know it’s a common practice to ask workers to share gratuities. Tip pools can promote teamwork and a better customer experience – but they can also land you in hot water...more

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7 Biggest Wage and Hour Landmines for Healthcare Employers – and Your Blueprint for Avoiding Them

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For years now, healthcare employers have been particularly attractive targets when it comes to wage and hour compliance actions. Not only is the industry one of the largest in the country, there are some issues unique to...more

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DOL Issues Opinion Letters on Administrative Exemption and Ministerial Exception

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued two new opinion letters on January 8, 2021, bringing the number of “lame duck” wage and hour opinion letters—issued since Election Day 2020—to six....more

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Trump DOL Issues Two More “Lame Duck” Opinion Letters, on Home-to-Office Travel Time and Live-In Caregivers

On December 31, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued two opinion letters—one on home-to-office travel time and one on live-in caregivers. Such “lame duck” opinion letters—issued...more

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U.S. Department of Labor Issues Opinion Letters on the Retail or Service Establishment, Highly Compensated Employee, and...

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At the end of August, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) issued four new opinion letters addressing various issues arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The topics covered include the...more

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Department of Labor Proposes Rule Clarifying Fluctuating Workweek Method of Calculating Overtime Pay

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On November 5, 2019, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor proposed a new Rule which would allow employers to offer bonuses and other incentive-based payments to salaried nonexempt employees whose work...more

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Attempting to Fix Fluctuating Workweek

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USDOL has announced a proposed rule intended to clarify the "fluctuating workweek" under the FLSA. This is yet another example of the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) continuing to clean up the mess left by its predecessors....more

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DOL’s WHD Regulatory Reforms in the Home Stretch

If you are a sports fan, then you might consider the regulatory agenda of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in general, and the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) in particular, as winding down to the end of the third quarter of a...more

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Checking Off USDOL's Regulatory Agenda

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While stakeholders await final regulations on the white-collar exemptions (a/k/a Overtime Rule 2.0), regular rate, and joint employment, WHD has started sending the White House more proposals – first tackling tips and the tip...more

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Department of Labor Issues Opinion Letter Regarding Timekeeping Rounding Practices

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On July 1, 2019, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor issued several new opinion letters. One such letter, FLSA 2019-9, concerns an employer’s use of payroll software to calculate the wages owed to its...more

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DOL publishes proposed rule on new overtime laws

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As discussed in our EmployerLINC Alert earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage & Hour Division announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to increase the salary threshold employees must meet in...more

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DOL to Publish “White Collar” Exemption Proposed Rule, Triggering 60-Day Comment Period

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On March 22, 2019, the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division will publish in the Federal Register its proposed rule to revise the overtime exemption regulations for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales and computer...more

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U.S. Department of Labor Proposes New Overtime Rule

On Thursday March 7, 2019, the United States Department of Labor ("U.S. DOL") proposed a new "overtime rule," which would raise the minimum salary level for employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act's "white collar"...more

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Unboxing The Proposed New Federal Overtime Rule

It’s here. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division unveiled its proposed new overtime rule today. We skipped the 200-plus pages of preamble and jumped right to the proposed regulatory amendments themselves...more

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