FLSA

Update on FLSA Salary Hike
November 12, 2024
On Friday, November 8, 2024, a Texas federal judge heard arguments in the case of Texas v. U.S. Department of Labor, challenging the DOL’s regulation raising the salary threshold for the white-collar exemptions to the overtime requirements of Fair Labor Standards Act.
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DOL Overtime Rule Enjoined from Taking Effect on July 1 – But Only as to the State of Texas Government
June 30, 2024
Just days before it was scheduled to take effect, a Texas federal court issued a preliminary injunction that prevents the U.S. Department of Labor’s revised overtime exemption rule from taking effect as scheduled on July 1, 2024, but only as to the State of Texas as an employer.
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Three Overtime Rule Lawsuits, Three Judges – What Now?
June 4, 2024
As most employers (hopefully) know, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a final rule that will significantly increase the salary threshold for the exemptions from the Fair Labor Standard Act’s minimum wage and overtime requirements.
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Not All Exempt Employees Are Affected by the New Minimum Salary Rule
April 24, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor recently published new final regulations that increase the minimum salary level for most employees to be considered exempt under the executive, administrative, and professional exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act. Not all exempt employees are subject to the minimum salary requirement. 
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Preparing for Possible Changes to the White-Collar Exemption Salary Threshold
March 7, 2024
The Department of Labor proposed a significant increase to the salary threshold of the white-collar exemption of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Wait – College Football Players Really Are Suing for Pay?
September 21, 2023
In a real game-changer, it appears that a group of former college athletes are suing the NCAA and over 125 NCAA Division 1 schools for unpaid wages under the FLSA and state wage payment laws.
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Employers Rounding Time Should Be Cautious Following 8th Circuit Opinion
August 24, 2023
Rounding of time is nothing new. For payroll simplicity, employers have rounded time up and down for decades, beginning when we actually put a timesheet into a punch clock to “punch the time.”
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New Employment Poster Requirements
May 15, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has released a new Employee Rights Under the Fair Labor Standards Act poster to reflect the recent changes made under the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers (PUMP) Act.
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Big Bucks Supervisor Scores Overtime Win
March 5, 2023
Many employers labor under the misconception that a highly paid employee is necessarily exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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No, You May Not Pay Your Workers In Chicken Sandwiches…
March 1, 2023
Or, really, in anything other than money. That was the lesson learned by a Chick-Fil-A franchise recently, as the U.S. Department of Labor recently announced.
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Supreme Court Provides Clarification on the Highly Compensated Employee Exemption’s Salary Requirement
February 21, 2023
On February 22, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt, clarifying that, in order to qualify for the highly compensated employee (HCE) exemption from the Fair Labor Standard Act’s overtime mandate, the employee must be paid on a salary basis, and the payment of a daily rate does not constitute a salary.
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The DOL Issues Guidance on Telework
February 15, 2023
On February 9, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor issued guidance on how to comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act  and Family and Medical Leave Act as to teleworking employees.
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