The article focuses on the Proposed Rules and Request for Comments regarding modifications to the definitions of exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) issued by the U.S. Department of Labor. Exemptions from the FLSA's overtime requirements include the right of employees to ...
A common misconception is the use of the term “exempt”, which can often be confused with “salaried”. When an employee is salaried, it simply means that an employer has chosen to pay that person a fixed amount per week or year. When an employee is exempt, it means that the employee...
Nursing Groups Urge Labor Department to Exempt Health Care Professionals From Overtime Pay RegulationsNo abstract is available for this article.doi:10.1111/j.1552-6356.2003.tb00552.xNoneAwhonn Lifelines
Department of Labor Issues Opinion Letter Recognizing Mortgage Loan Officers as Exempt Administrative EmployeesRobert W. Pritchard
California's law (requiring that 50 percent of an employee's time is spent exclusively on work that is the employee's primary duty) as a model? Is some other threshold that is less than 50 percent of an employee's time worked a better indicator of the realitie...
In a much-anticipated decision in Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., on June 18, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court held 5-4 that pharmaceutical sales representatives are exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standard Act's outside sales exemption be
2000e-17. Furthermore, where, as here, the plaintiffs are public employees, the delicate issues of federalism and state police powers come into play in answering the threshold question of which of the defendants, if any, can be considered an "employer" for the purposes of Title VII ...
• any combination of these data types that meets the lowest threshold for any category in the dataset. As the final rule details, the Department based these thresholds on an extensive risk-based analysis, taking into account the threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences associated with the...
The article focuses on the guidance regarding tax-exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) cited in opinion letters issued by the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division. One letter discusses the right of employers to deduct from the wages of employees for damage ...
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