The DOL has issued its final rule on overtime exempt workers, surpassing all expectations and setting a minimum salary threshold sixty-five percent (65%) higher than current thresholds in a two-step process. Last year, we...more
FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (FLSA) OVERVIEW -
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires that all covered employers pay their employees compensation for hours worked over forty per week at one and a half times their regular...more
Employers often assume that a highly compensated supervisory employee will not be entitled to overtime pay when the employee works more than forty hours in a work week. That assumption proved to be incorrect in a recent U.S....more
The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted the Petition for Certiorari of Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. to review an issue splitting the federal Courts of Appeals under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Justices have...more
5/27/2022
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Beginning July 6th of this year, hourly employees in the state of Ohio will have a new set of rules to follow in regard to their overtime pay. Last week, Governor DeWine signed Ohio Senate Bill 47 into law which was touted as...more