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4 Tips for Employers After Appeals Court Says Highly Compensated Employee is Entitled to OT Pay

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An appeals court just ruled that a pipe inspector who earned more than $270,000 a year was entitled to overtime pay because he was not paid on a “salary basis.” In its April 1 decision, the 6th Circuit joined the 5th Circuit...more

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EU’s Pay Equity Directive: 5 Key Points Employers Need to Know

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Employers with operations in the European Union should ensure they are familiar with a pay equity directive aiming to close the gender pay gap that will soon come fully online. The directive was signed into law in 2023, and...more

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[Webinar] Designing Compensation Systems to Avoid Illegal DEI Practices - March 12th, 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT

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Recent Executive Orders aimed at diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and practices have left many employers struggling with how to avoid engaging in “illegal DEI” practices. An important consideration for...more

Perkins Coie

D.C. Employees—Minimum Wage Rate

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The District of Columbia’s minimum wage for all D.C. workers who do not receive tips is $17.50 per hour regardless of employer size. This rate became effective July 1, 2024 and is anticipated to increase on July 1, 2025...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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

2025 Employment Law Updates for New York Employers

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The most wonderful time of the year often portends many legal hiccups for the unassuming business. And this year is no different. As the holiday season approaches and we turn the calendar to 2025, New York employers should...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

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

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

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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

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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

It’s Over for Overtime Expansion: Texas Court Axes DOL Rule That Would Have Reclassified Millions of Employees as Overtime...

On November 15th, Judge Sean Jordan of the Eastern District of Texas halted a 2024 Department of Labor (“DOL”) Final Rule (“2024 Rule”) that massively increased salary requirements for employees classified as “exempt” from...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Texas Federal Court Nullifies DOL’s Final Rule on Federal Overtime Exemptions

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On November 15, 2024, a federal judge sitting in the Eastern District of Texas found that the Biden administration’s Department of Labor (DOL) exceeded its statutory authority by issuing its April 23, 2024 final rule (the...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

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

History Repeats Itself: Texas Court Enjoins DOL Salary Basis Hikes for a Second Time

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On Friday November 15, a federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction barring the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) from enforcing new regulations raising the salary level required for the so-called white-collar...more

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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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FLSA Salary Rule Struck Down

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A Texas District Court in State of Texas v. U.S. Dep’t of Labor, struck down the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) 2024 Final Overtime Rule, which revised the minimum salary requirement for the executive, administrative, and...more

Robinson Bradshaw

U.S. DOL Rule Invalidated Nationwide, Reverting Salary Minimums to 2019 Thresholds

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On Friday, Nov. 15, a federal judge in Texas struck down the U.S. Department of Labor’s 2024 rule regarding salary minimums for exemptions from minimum wage and overtime requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act that...more

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