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Wage and Hour Self-audit Program May Allow Employers to Correct Wage Errors

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Many employers unknowingly classify employees as exempt from overtime pay or fail to correctly calculate wages and, in some cases, entitlement to unpaid leave time. This can result in significant liability under the Fair...more

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Navigating New DOL Opinion Letters: Implications for Tip Pooling and Coordinating Paid Family Leave Benefits With FMLA Leave

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On January 14, the US Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) published two opinion letters, FLSA2025-1, which addresses tip pooling under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and FMLA2025-1-A, which provides...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Higher Standard of Proof for Overtime Exemptions

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In a win for employers, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week in E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera that employers need only prove an exemption from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by a “preponderance of the...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Supreme Court Clarifies Employer’s Burden of Proof Standard for Establishing Overtime Exemptions

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A unanimous Supreme Court recently clarified the burden of proof an employer must meet to establish that an employee is exempt from the overtime pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Prior to this decision,...more

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Who Gets Paid on a Snow Day?

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It’s that time of year! You can’t turn on the news and not see a winter weather advisory for somewhere in the country. Here is a question we get every year: Do we have to pay employees if it snows, and the office is closed?...more

Fisher Phillips

Wage and Hour Officials Focus on Healthcare Employers in Southeastern U.S. – 5 Tips to Avoid Trouble

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Federal wage and hour officials have trained their attention on healthcare employers in the Southeastern United States – and we expect this scrutiny to continue into the new year. The past year alone saw the Department of...more

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Important Update to our Wage Alert Regarding the DOL’s Final Rule Increasing the Salary Level for the Executive, Administrative...

In November, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas blocked the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule discussed below.  See Texas v. U.S. Dep’t of Lab., No. 4:24-CV-468-SDJ, 2024 WL 4806268 (E.D. Tex....more

Littler

Littler’s Semi-Annual Rates Update for Minimum Wage, Tips, and Exempt Pay Increases on January 1, 2025 (and Other Developments)

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While Americans across the country headed to the polls to decide who would govern their country, state, county, or city, most decisions were already made concerning what minimum pay rate would govern the employment of...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

SuperVision - Labor & Employment Law Insights, Issue 4, December 2024

Happy Holidays and welcome to our year-end issue of SuperVision. In this edition, we are pleased to bring you the “Top Five” biggest labor and employment issues that will impact employers for the coming year along with...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Federal Judge Invalidates Department of Labor's Minimum Salary Increases

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

Cranfill Sumner LLP

Texas Court Tosses Biden Overtime Exemption Rule

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In November, a Texas federal court struck down the Biden Department of Labor’s (DOL) rule that would have made millions of salaried workers eligible for overtime pay....more

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November Tip of the Month: Texas Court Nullifies DOL Overtime Rule: Employers Face Decisions

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On November 15, 2024, a Texas district court vacated, on a nationwide basis, a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) rule that increased the salary thresholds applicable to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) “white collar” and...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Federal Court Strikes Down 2024 DOL Overtime Rule Nationwide

On November 15, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas invalidated the Department of Labor’s final rule that increased the minimum salary for executive, administrative, and professional (EAP) exemption...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Texas Court Blocks Increases to FLSA Salary Requirements for White-Collar Employees

On Nov. 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule that increased the minimum salary requirements for employees exempt from the Federal Fair...more

Burr & Forman

Federal Judge Vacates Department of Labor's Salary Increase to FLSA White Collar Exemption

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Earlier this year, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced increases to the salary threshold for the “bona fide executive, administrative, or professional” exemption and the “highly compensated employee” exemption to the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Pass the FLSA Sauce! 5 Employment Law Happenings That May Make You Thankful

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, now is the perfect time to reflect on things for which we have to be thankful. In the ever-evolving world of labor and employment law, there have been several significant...more

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Federal Court Strikes Down Overtime Rule: What Employers Need to Know

On November 15, 2024, a federal district court in Texas struck down the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") Final Rule that would have made over four million additional workers eligible for overtime pay. The Final Rule...more

Woods Rogers

What's the Tea in L&E? DOL Drama: Court Vacates Overtime Expansion Rule

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What’s the Tea in L&E is a video series focused on the latest trends and updates in labor and employment law. In this short video, Woods Rogers L&E attorneys Leah Stiegler and Emily Kendall Chowhan explore the Texas district...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The Post-Chevron World: 2024 Overtime EAP Exemption Rule Vacated

After filing to vacate the Department of Labor’s (DOL) promulgation of a new overtime rule, the State of Texas and other plaintiffs recently won their case in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Texas....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Responding to the Vacated FLSA Salary Threshold Rule

On November 15, 2024, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas overturned the 2024 Department of Labor (DOL) rule (the 2024 Rule) increasing the salary threshold for certain exempt employees under the Fair Labor...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Federal Court Vacates DOL Overtime Rule

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

Blank Rome LLP

Employers Are Extra Grateful This Thanksgiving After Federal Court Sets Aside DOL’s Salary Threshold Increase

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Salary threshold. . .$35,568.00. . .the Eastern District of Texas. . .not the classic answers you expect to hear from your loved ones around the Thanksgiving table when you ask, “Hey guys, what are you most thankful for?”...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Employment Law Update: Frequently Asked Questions About Texas Court Ruling Vacating DOL 2024 Overtime Rule

On November 15, 2024, a federal court judge in the Eastern District of Texas vacated and set aside the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) 2024 rule that raised the salary minimums for overtime-exempt employees under the Fair Labor...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Federal Court Blocks Changes to Overtime Rules: Key Takeaways and Guidance for Employers

A federal judge in Texas has struck down the Biden administration’s overtime rule that would have extended overtime protections to an estimated four million additional workers. ...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Federal Court Strikes Down DOL’s 2024 Rule on Overtime Exemptions Nationwide

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Last Friday, a Texas federal court struck down the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) 2024 rule raising the minimum salary levels for certain exemptions to the overtime requirements of the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA)....more

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