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
11/19/2024
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As our prior legal alert detailed, the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor on April 23, 2024 announced its Final Rule increasing salary thresholds for the Executive, Administrative, and Professional (“EAP”)...more
7/11/2024
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On August 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced its Proposed Rule to increase the minimum salary for the Executive, Administrative and Professional overtime exemptions from the current $35,568 annual rate...more
What can the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) give employees who already have a banner jobs market, with record job openings and the largest wage growth in decades? Last week, the Board stuffed stockings with...more
The U.S. Department of Labor yesterday announced a Proposed Rule on the test to determine whether a worker should be classified as an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The DOL will...more
10/13/2022
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As you likely have seen, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit late Friday evening on December 17 by a 2-1 panel vote lifted the stay that the Fifth Circuit had issued OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing...more
12/21/2021
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On Nov. 4, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued its long-awaited Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”), in which private employers with at least 100 employers will be required to implement...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a new decision, SuperShuttle DFW, Inc., which returns to the Board’s traditional independent-contractor analysis. This decision overrules a 2014 Obama-era Board decision,...more
Companies with employees in California will recall last year's landmark California Supreme Court decision in Brinker v. Superior Court (April 12, 2012), which confirmed that employers need only "permit" hourly employees to...more