Wage and Hour, Appeals, Biden Administration

Department of Labor to Reconsider Rule Increasing Overtime Salary Thresholds for White Collar and Highly Compensated Workers

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/14/2025

During the Biden administration, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final regulation (the “2024 Rule”) seeking to increase the salary threshold for overtime eligibility for the “white-collar” exemption (also referred...more

Reprieve Extended? DOL to Halt Efforts to Restore 2024 Minimum Salary Rule for Exempt Employees

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 4/30/2025

Employers were granted a reprieve last fall when a federal court invalidated the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) final rule increasing the minimum salary requirements for the “white collar” or “EAP” exemptions (executive,...more

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Negates Ruling on Federal Contractor Minimum Wage

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/2/2025

On March 28, 2025, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated its previous ruling that permitted a $15 per hour minimum wage for federal contractors, shortly after President Donald Trump revoked the Biden administration rule...more

Trump Revokes Biden Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Mandate: What to Expect Next

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/24/2025

President Donald Trump has rescinded President Joe Biden’s executive order (EO) increasing the minimum wage for employees of federal contractors. The rescission was one of numerous Biden EOs revoked by Trump in a second wave...more

Executive Orders and Federal Contractors: Minimum Wage Requirements Called into Question

McGlinchey Stafford on 2/14/2025

We’ve seen the President issue a number of executive orders in recent weeks. What is the precedent for these orders, particularly when it comes to governing the operations of federal contractors? What is the process for these...more

Uncertainty for Federal Contractors: Circuits Split as Fifth Circuit Upholds Minimum Wage Mandate

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 2/11/2025

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed a Texas federal court’s decision that invalidated President Joe Biden’s executive order increasing the hourly minimum wage for employees of federal contractors. The...more

Fifth Circuit Reverses Injunction on Federal Contractor Minimum Wage

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 2/7/2025

On February 4, in Texas v. President Trump & Department of Labor, a Fifth Circuit panel reversed a permanent injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The injunction prohibited the...more

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