On April 23, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Final Rule that significantly increased the minimum salary required for employees to be classified as exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Specifically,...more
12/4/2024
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On May 18, 2016, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued its final regulations updating the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”) overtime provisions for the executive, administrative, professional, and highly-compensated...more
On November 22, 2016, Judge Amos L. Mazzant of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) updated white collar...more
Each year usually starts with a lot of resolutions and good intentions that fall by the wayside, mostly for lack of a plan. One resolution of all employers should be to update their policies and practices to comply with the...more
4/18/2014
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