On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a new Overtime Rule (the “Rule”), 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 expan...
DOL Finalizes Overtime Rule April 23, 2024 The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) hasissued a final rulethat alters the overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act. According to aDOL press release, updated rule includes two-tiered increases to the minimum salary threshold and the thre...
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 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. Effective July 1, 2024, the threshold will increase to $844 p...
after 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 ...
The decision vacated the 2024 DOL overtime rule in its entirety, including the EAP and HCE threshold increases that went into effect on July 1, 2024, and the part of the rule that would have adjusted the salary thresholds every three years ba...
DOL in August proposed raising the threshold from $35,568 to an estimated $60,209 in 2024 according to the department’s own projections, a nearly 70% increase, meaning that all employees making under that amount must be paid overtime for any hours worked over 40 in one week. Additionally...
DOL Releases Final Overtime Rule Doubling the Salary Exemption ThresholdJennifer L. Curry
The Department of Labor (DOL) announced a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would increase the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA’s) annual salary-level threshold to $55,068 from $35,568 for white-collar exemptions to overtime requirements. The proposed rule would make about 3.6 ...
Starting in July, workers making just under $44,000 will be entitled to time-and-a-half pay when they work more than 40 hours in a given week before increasing to $58,656 at the beginning of 2025. That's up from the $35,568 overtime threshold Labor Department set in...