A federal court has vacated the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) 2024 final overtime rule, which increased the minimum salary threshold at which employees could be classified as exempt from overtime pursuant to the white...more
11/22/2024
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On April 28, the New York City Council passed an amendment to the City’s salary disclosure law that extends the effective date of the law to Nov. 1, 2022. The amendment will go into effect upon Mayor Eric Adams’ signature,...more
On Sept. 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) unveiled its final rule to update the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) overtime exemptions for executive, administrative and professional workers. The final rule is...more
9/28/2019
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How do you measure a year in labor and employment law? Likely not in daylights or sunsets, midnights, or cups of coffee — but rather in legislation! Clearly, the most significant developments last year concerned the rise of...more
2/26/2019
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In the waning hours of 2016, new regulations went into effect that substantially increase the minimum salary an employee must have in order to be classified as exempt from the overtime provisions of the New York Labor Law....more