The new salary threshold for exempt employees is coming soon. The current minimum level is $35,568 per year ($684 per week) and the proposal is to increase it to $55,068
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What To Do Before The White Collar FLSA Salary Level Changes-Don’t Be Caught Unaware!
As is common knowledge, and as I wrote last week, the USDOL has proposed to raise the minimum salary required for exempt status for the Part 541 white collar exemptions…
Continue Reading What To Do Before The White Collar FLSA Salary Level Changes-Don’t Be Caught Unaware!Too Much Employer Control Over Outside Salespersons Undermines The Exemption: Should We Be Worried?
For years, the outside sales exemption of the Part 541 white collar exemptions of the FLSA used to be the easiest one for an employer to demonstrate. For the exemption…
Continue Reading Too Much Employer Control Over Outside Salespersons Undermines The Exemption: Should We Be Worried?Supreme Court Holds A “Salary” Means A Salary For White Collar Exemptions
I have blogged about this Helix case on previous occasions and have been following it. Well, the Supreme Court just ruled that no matter how highly compensated a worker is…
Continue Reading Supreme Court Holds A “Salary” Means A Salary For White Collar ExemptionsSupreme Court Will Likely Resolve Circuit Split On Highly Paid Workers And The FLSA Salary Test: A Big Deal!
The issue of the salary test for FLSA exemptions has been explored and analyzed through numerous cases. It is counterintuitive to think that an employee very highly paid for doing…
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Payment Of Day Rate, Regardless Of How High, Even Coupled With A Guarantee, Is Not a FLSA “Salary” As Part 541 Demands
The fundamental premise of being an exempt employee is that the worker is paid by a “salary” as that term is defined in the FLSA regulations. Even paying someone an…
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Case In Trucking Industry Explores The Murky Parameters Of The FLSA Administrative Exemption And Gives Warnings For All Employers To Take Heed
Another administrative exemption case, this time in the trucking industry, tests the contours of that vague, nuanced exemption and to what occupations it applies. In this case, a group of…
Continue Reading Case In Trucking Industry Explores The Murky Parameters Of The FLSA Administrative Exemption And Gives Warnings For All Employers To Take Heed