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White-Collar Exemptions Non-Exempt Employees Employment Litigation

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Supreme Court Will Not Review Challenge to Overtime Exemption Rules

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined review of a First Circuit Court of Appeals decision rejecting a facial challenge to the way the Department of Labor and federal courts determine exempt versus non-exempt duties under...more

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Supreme Court Holds Day Rate Pay Cannot Satisfy the Salary Basis Test

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On February 22, 2023, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt, holding that paying an employee a “day rate” does not satisfy the salary basis test under the...more

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Supreme Court Takes Up FLSA High Earners Exemption

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On October 12, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that considers whether a supervisor who earned over $200,000 annually may still be eligible for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Can the Justices Add Clarity to the Salary Basis Test for White Collar Overtime Exemptions?

The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted the Petition for Certiorari of Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. to review an issue splitting the federal Courts of Appeals under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Justices have...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Fifth Circuit Hands Employers a Big Win, Rules Day Rates Can Satisfy the Salary Basis Under the Highly Compensated Employee...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers were handed a big win recently when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a day rate can satisfy the salary basis requirement for overtime exemptions under FLSA and also...more

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Cutting Through The Half-Time Murk In "Failed Exemption" Cases

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How does one calculate overtime pay due to plaintiffs who were erroneously treated as "white collar" employees exempt from the federal Fair Labor Standards Act's minimum-wage and overtime requirements? Court decisions...more

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