The FLSA provides three basic white-collar exemptions to federal overtime requirements: the Executive, Administrative and Professional exemptions (collectively referred to as the “EAP” exemptions). To satisfy each exemption, the employee must receive a basic salary threshold, be paid on a salary ba...
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 final rule primarily updates the salary level provision of the EAP and HCE exemptions. Previously, the annual salary threshold for the EAP exemption was $35,568 and $107,432 for the HCE exemption. Final Rule Updates The final rule revises the regulations in three ways...
The DOL had sought to raise the minimum salary for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) overtime exemptions for executive, administrative, and professional (EAP) employees and “highly compensated employees” (HCE). On January 1, 2025, the EAP...
The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) highly anticipated changes to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (Final Overtime Rule) have been released and will take effect on January 1, 2020. The minimum salary threshold for the so called "white collar" ...
Tawny L. Alvarez
A federal judge in Texas blocked a Department of Labor (DOL) rule that increased salary thresholds for certain exemptions from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
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 ...
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Similarly, the Department states on its website that employees are “paid hourly, salary, or by piece rate” and independent contractors are “paid upon completion of project.” Yet, many independent contractors bill by the hour, or on a pi...