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...
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— ...
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 ...
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
the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas struck down the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final overtime rule. Finalized in April 2024, the rule would have increased the minimum annual salary threshold that determines overtime pay eligibility under the Fair Labor Standards Act. ...
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...
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 Act (FLSA)...
Updated: On May 5, 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule withdrawing a proposed Trump-era independent contractor rule that would have made it easier to classify workers as independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The rule never went into effect due to ...