Keeping Up with Exemption Threshold Regulations
What's the Tea in L&E? DOL Drama: Court Vacates Overtime Expansion Rule
Employment Law Now VIII-154 - Court Invalidates DOL's 2024 Overtime Salary Threshold Increases
What's the Tea in L&E? Alert: Salary Threshold for Exempt Employees Increases to $58,656
VIDEO: Major Changes Coming for Employers
Employment Law Now VII-135-Summer 2023 Wrap-Up Part 1 (NEW DOL OVERTIME RULE)
Employer Responsibilities During the Texas Winter Storm
On-Demand Webinar | Legislative Updates for Employers to Plan for a Successful (and Compliant) 2021
#WorkforceWednesday: Readying Vaccine Policies, ACA’s Fate @SCOTUS, Jury Trials Shut Down - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday: CA Passes Proposition 22, New Marijuana Laws, New Administration’s Impact on Your Business - Employment Law This Week®
On-Demand Webinar | Employment Issues With a COVID-19 Vaccine
Employment Law Now IV-65- The Great Debate Part 2: Employee Lawyer vs. Employer Lawyer
COVID-19 Updates: Arizona Employment Law Issues
III-42-The New Overtime Rule and Antitrust Issues With Your Non-Competes
[WEBINAR] Labor & Employment Law: What Changed in 2017
II-31- The Changing 9 to 5 From 1980 to Today
I-14: Update on EEO-1 and I-9 Forms, Employer Obligations After a Hurricane or Other Natural Disaster, and Attorney Jason Barsanti on Meal and Rest Breaks
I-12: Update on the DOL's New OT Rules, and Part 2 of My Interview with Former EEOC General Counsel David Lopez
The Close of the Obama Era: What It Means for Employers
Managing risk in the employment law circus isn’t always easy when the rules change like they are contortionists. The 41st Annual Employment Law Update will highlight recent changes to the law and how employers can most...more
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
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
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
On Nov. 15, 2024, a federal judge in Texas vacated the U.S. Department of Labor’s rule that would have increased the salary threshold for white-collar exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Texas v....more
On November 15, 2024, a Texas Federal Court struck down the U.S. Department of Labor’s Final Rule increasing the salary threshold for “white collar” overtime exemptions. The Court’s decision applies to employers nationwide...more
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
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
Effective July 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL’s”) final rule on salary minimums for exempt employees (the “Overtime Rule”) under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) has come into effect. This rule applies to...more
On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule raising the salary threshold for so-called “white collar” exemptions to overtime regulations. The rule goes into effect July 1, 2024. Here’s what you...more
The U.S. Department of Labor announced its anticipated Final Rule increasing the salary threshold level needed for employees to be exempt from overtime requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act....more
When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently announced a proposal to revise the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) regulations to, among other things, make an additional 3.6 million employees eligible to receive overtime by...more
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
The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a proposed rulemaking that would significantly limit the ability of employers to treat employees as exempt from federal overtime requirements. Under existing law, employers may only be...more
An executive order increasing the minimum wage for non-exempt employees working on specified types of federal contracts took effect January 30, 2022. However, recent wage determinations issued by the Department of Labor (DOL)...more
Yes, an employer can implement a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, subject to some conditions and exceptions. A mandatory vaccine policy must be job-related, consistent with business necessity or justified by a direct...more
The scenario happens all the time: Your engineering department has identified a need for more personnel who will work with export-controlled information. Management has approved the hiring, and your Human Resources manager...more
It is time to make sure you are ready for 2020 (and beyond). Here are five (5) hot HR compliance issues you should be tracking and implementing: New Salary Thresholds for Exempt Employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act -...more
Michael Schmidt, Vice Chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Labor & Employment Department, provides an update on required EEO-1 and I-9 Forms, and addresses Employer Obligations to Employees After a Hurricane or Other Natural Disaster....more
Despite the complexity of employment law and the speed with which the law, technology, and the workplace are changing, there are a few basic principles that capture the best advice we can give to employers. They’re not a...more
Who does it apply to: The Jurors Right to Reemployment Act and the Jury System Improvement Act of 1978 applies to all employers in Texas. These laws protect the employment status of those employees serving jury duty in either...more