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
12/24/2024
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Just a few weeks before the anticipated January 1 salary bump under the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL)’s 2024 overtime rule (the “Overtime Rule”), a Texas federal court issued a ruling on Friday, November 15, 2024, that set...more
11/19/2024
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Most employers in the United States will start the month of July with a higher salary requirement to exempt certain employees from minimum wage and overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). However, a June 28th...more
On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule altering the requirements for “white collar” exemptions under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This is the final step in a process that...more
4/24/2024
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On Jan. 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced the upcoming publication of its final rule on how to analyze whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)....more
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) introduced a new Form I-9 on Aug. 1, 2023. Employers are required to switch to the new Form I-9 no later than Oct. 31, 2023. In addition to clerical edits and other...more
The legal landscape is ever-changing, as new laws are passed or existing laws are interpreted or enforced differently. Brooks Pierce attorneys have identified some of the biggest potential legal issues that businesses need to...more
3/8/2022
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The one constant in the COVID-19 pandemic is that the guidance keeps changing. We have highlighted it before and we’ll do it again: Part of every employer’s COVID-19 preparedness and response plan needs to include the...more
March 26, 2020, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued additional guidance on how the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) will be applied, the latest in a string of expected clarifications leading up to the April 1...more
On September 24, 2019, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) released its final Overtime Rule, which increases the minimum weekly salary threshold for white collar positions exempt from overtime. According to the Final...more
9/26/2019
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On November 22, 2016, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas entered an order preliminary enjoining the Department of Labor's "Overtime Rule" on a nationwide basis.
The Overtime Rule, which...more