Wage and Hour, Sales Commissions, Incentive Compensation

Commissions Are ‘Wages’ Under the New Jersey Wage Payment Law, New Jersey Supreme Court Rules

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/25/2025

On March 17, 2025, the Supreme Court of New Jersey held that “commissions” must be considered “wages” under the New Jersey Wage Payment Law (WPL) and cannot be excluded as “supplementary incentives” because they are tied to...more

DOL Adopts New Salary Threshold for White Collar Overtime Exemption

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 10/16/2019

The Department of Labor (“DOL”) has revised its Overtime Rule that updates the earnings thresholds necessary to exempt executive, administrative and professional employees from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”) minimum...more

Changes to Overtime Exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act

Hutchison PLLC on 10/3/2019

In 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor introduced a proposed rule which would, in part, double the salary threshold required under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) to maintain exempt status under the “white-collar”...more

DOL Finalizes New Overtime Rule For White-Collar Exemptions: 1.3 Million Additional Workers Will Be Eligible For Overtime Pay...

Bricker Graydon LLP on 9/28/2019

On September 24, 2019, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final rule revising the overtime exemptions that cover employees designated as executive, administrative and professional – the so-called...more

It’s Here: The DOL’s Final Overtime Rule has Been Released

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/26/2019

After years of uncertainty, on September 24, 2019, the Department of Labor released a Final Rule making changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) overtime regulations. BACKGROUND - Since 2004, there had been no...more

The New Federal Overtime Rule: What You Need to Know

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 9/25/2019

The U.S. Department of Labor issued its final rule amending the overtime regulations today, without any significant changes from the proposed rule the agency issued in March 2019. Here’s the bottom line....more

Proposed Overtime Rule Published; Public Comment Period Open Until May 21

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 3/25/2019

The U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed new overtime rule was published in the Federal Register on March 22nd. As described in our earlier post, the proposed new rule would...more

The Resurgence Of The Hourly Rate To Recognize Performance

Fisher Phillips on 4/7/2017

The minimum wage is here to stay, but it has become more complicated to apply to some classes of employees. Until this century, the issue of whether employees are adequately paid at the applicable minimum wage in California...more

What Bonuses and Incentive Payments Count As "Discretionary" Under The New Exemption Rules?

Franczek P.C. on 5/27/2016

One of the more surprising changes in the new FLSA overtime exemption rules is a provision allowing certain bonuses, commissions, and incentive pay to count for up to 10% of the new increased minimum salary level. However,...more

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