Notably, under the FLSA regulations, teachers, practicing medical doctors and lawyers are exempt professionals; however, there is a specific exemption from the salary threshold level and salary basis tests for those occupations, and as such, the changes described in this Alert do not apply to them...
The DOL could also seek to expedite the appeal, but it is unlikely that the overtime rule’s salary threshold increases will be put back on track by January 1, 2025. For now, the DOL’s 2019 salary thresholds remain in force, with the EAP...
Increases the minimum salary threshold level for EAP exempt employees.The final rule increases the salary threshold required to exempt a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional employee from federal overtime requirements. The new salary threshold will occur in two phases...
This ruling underscores that meeting the salary threshold alone is insufficient for exemption. Employees must also satisfy the duties test to qualify as exempt under the FLSA. Looking Ahead Employers should remain vigilant as litigation and regulatory challenges to overtime rules persist. For now, the...
The new rules nearly triple the salary threshold. To qualify as an exempt executive,administrative, or professional employee, an employee must now be compensated on a salary basis at arate of not less than $455 per week ($23,660 per year), exclusive of board, lodging, or other facilities...
Meeting the salary threshold alone does not qualify an employee for exemption for overtime. What kind of work the employee does – job duties test An employee who meets the salary basis and salary level/threshold tests is exempt only if the employee also performs exempt job duties. There are...
doubled the minimum salary requirements for workers classified as exempt from overtime under the FLSA’s executive, administrative, and professional exemptions.The court held that the DOL overstepped its rulemaking authority by increasing the salary threshold to a point that rendered employees’ duties ...
Going forward, President Trump’s DOL has signaled that it plans to reconsider the rule and has asked for public input. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta has indicated that the DOL may consider revising the salary threshold to somewhere near $32,000 a year. ...
it summarizes points from the DOL’s May 2016Guidance for Higher Education Institutions on Paying Overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a publication anticipating thenever-implemented DOL’s revised overtime regulations, which would have raised the salary threshold for previously-exempt emplo...
team leaders for administrative exemption; Implications for team leaders in the union environment; Concern over the potential loss of overtime eligibility for team leaders; Benefit of the new rule in terms of strengthening overtime protections for workers as a result of new minimum salary threshold....