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The “companionship services” exemption to Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) minimum wage and overtime requirements would again be available to third-party agencies that employ home caregivers and live-in domestic service...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or the “Commission”) has announced a final rule (the “Final Rule”) significantly expanding the premerger notification and reporting requirements under the Hart‑Scott‑Rodino Antitrust...more
A final rule issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) revises the salary requirements for determining minimum wage and overtime pay exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This article reviews the rule changes...more
On June 18, 2024, Treasury and the IRS released the final rule for compliance with the prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements (PWA requirements) pursuant to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). This final rule...more
The US Department of Labor (DOL) released its final rule to increase the federal salary threshold for exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) on April 23, 2024. DOL had previously issued On August 30, 2023, the US...more
On January 9, 2024, the United States Department of Labor (the “Department”) announced its final rule on classifying workers as employees or independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Effective March...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Yesterday the U.S. Department of Labor issued its final rule, attempting to define employee versus independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (the “Final Rule”). The Final...more
On January 2, 2024, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) completed its review of the U.S. Department of Labor’s final rule on independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 6, 2023, the Biden Administration announced the release of its Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division continues to...more
The comment period on the U.S. DOL Wage and Hour Division’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, “Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees,” closed on...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The long wait for a Senate-confirmed U.S. DOL Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) Administrator is over!...more
Let’s Do It Again - The Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced its intent to significantly increase the standard salary threshold for the overtime exemption applicable to certain...more
The Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) codifies the employment relationship as it relates to the payment of wages. Under the FLSA, employees generally must be paid an overtime rate of 1.5 times their regular rate of...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) recently announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which could make at least 3 million more lower-wage workers overtime-eligible....more
Employers of salaried workers beware — you may soon have to give raises to members of your workforce in order to keep them exempt from overtime entitlement. On August 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)...more
The Department of Labor has proposed raising the minimum salary threshold for “white-collar” exemptions under the FLSA to $55,068 annually. The proposed rule would also raise the threshold for “highly compensated...more
Payment of a prevailing wage to workers and employment of apprentices are key requirements for renewable energy developers to obtain the various tax incentives for their projects provided by the Inflation Reduction Act of...more
On August 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) concerning updates to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) overtime regulations, specifically the executive,...more
On Aug. 30, 2023, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) about employer obligations related to overtime pay. The NPRM would put significant new burdens on a variety of industries,...more
On August 30, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking to increase the white-collar exemption salary threshold — that is, the amount an executive, administrative, or professional employee...more
On August 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) released its proposed new rule on the “white collar” overtime exemptions. The new rule, which would be codified in a revised 29 C.F.R. Part 541, will be published...more
On August 30, 2023, the US Department of Labor announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which would increase the white-collar exemption salary threshold for employees to qualify as exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more
On August 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor issued proposed regulations that would sharply increase the minimum salary requirements for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s white-collar overtime exemptions. These proposed...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: This alert summarizes the IRS’s recent notice of proposed rulemaking on complying with prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements under the Inflation Reduction Act and explains key provisions...more
Just days before Labor Day, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) unveiled its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”), aimed at revising the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime exemptions for executive, administrative, and...more