The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a final rule that alters the overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act. According to a DOL press release, updated rule includes two-tiered increases to the minimum salary threshold and the thres
On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a final rule impacting the classification of workers as either independent contractors or employees. EffectiveMarch 11, 2024, this rule — titledEmployee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act— ...
which raises the salary threshold level for the various overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The DOL explained in anews releasethat this Rule would expand overtime protections “to lower-paid salaried workers.” As set forth below, the Rule...
Department of Labor (DOL) which stated that externs-students who participate in job shadowing offered by sponsoring employers are not employees covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In determining whether externs are em...
The U.S. Department of Labor published a final rule Jan. 9, 2024, on distinguishing employees from independent contractors for purposes of minimum wage and overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The rule returns to a six-factor test that asks whether, as a matter of ...
The Department of Labor’s Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires employers to pay employees overtime if they work more than 40 hours in a workweek. The overtime rate is 1.5 times the employee’s regular pay rate. While this is a federal standard, there are exceptions and dif...
On October 11, 2022, the US Department of Labor (DOL) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would revisit the definition of an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). By way of brief background, in January 2021, a Trump-era final rule went into effect which...
On November 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule raising the salary thresholds for being exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The ruling applies
Department of Labor (DOL) published a new final rule for determining independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). See our article here explaining the final rule. The rule had an initial effective date of March 8, 2021, but the Biden administration pressed pause on ...
Businesses across Mississippi and the nation should plan to comply with a new rule from the Department of Labor (DOL), set to take effect on March 11, 2024, revising the way in which employers analyze who is an employee and who is an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Ac...