My partner Glenn Grindlinger has written a thoughtful piece on the establishment of the new salary levels for the Part 541 white collar exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Continue Reading USDOL Exemption Salary Level Becomes Final Shortly–We’ll See?
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 Exemptions
The US Department of Labor (DOL) may seek again, in 2023, to raise the salary threshold for a person to fit within a Part 541 white-collar exemption. The agency was
Continue Reading The FLSA Salary Test Is Coming Around Again For Revision: Employers, Watch OutOn May 18, 2016, President Obama and the Secretary of Labor announced the publication of the Department of Labor’s final rule updating the overtime regulations, which is anticipated to make
Continue Reading New DOL Overtime Rules: Good or Bad For Employers?
I have blogged before on the “eagerly” anticipated DOL revisions to the white collar exemption regulations. This initiative is designed to narrow the white collar exemptions to the Fair Labor
Continue Reading USDOL Revisions to White Collar Rules Will Issue This Month: Lots of Changes Ahead
I have followed this protracted saga for years, since I wrote an article for the Banking Law Journal in 2001 on the issue of exempt status of mortgage brokers.
Continue Reading Supreme Court Sides with USDOL on Its Right To Issue New Guidance on Exempt Status of Mortgage Brokers
I had blogged a few weeks ago about the Obama Administration’s initiative to revamp the white collar exemption rules to make more people overtime eligible. Well, the Administration is not
Continue Reading The Drive Towards “Fighting” Misclassification Heats Up In DC
I have posted before on the USDOL’s initiative to revise (think: narrow) the FLSA white collar overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act. This initiative will be at the
Continue Reading Happy New Year! (Maybe): USDOL To Revise White Collar Exemptions
We have been waiting and waiting…
The USDOL has been tasked with revising the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) white collar exemptions, but evidently these revisions will not be ready
Continue Reading Revisions to DOL Exemption Rules on Hold
At the end of the movie “Nashville,” a country singer wails a ballad called “It Don’t Worry Me.” I submit the same could be said for the possible changes to
Continue Reading Possible Obama White Collar Exemption Revisions Don’t Worry Me!