DOL Releases Final Overtime Rule Doubling the Salary Exemption ThresholdJennifer L. Curry
"Exemption" from Overtime Under the White Collar Exemptions – Not Just a Salary Test The FLSA requires employees to be paid at least the federal minimum wage for every hour worked and overtime for any time worked in excess of 40 hours in a workweek. In addition, the FLSA provides strict...
In its ruling, the court determined that the DOL exceeded its authority by allowing salary levels to overshadow the duties test central to the EAP exemption. The court found: The FLSA requires that exemption eligibility be determined primarily by job duties, not salary. The 2024 Rule’s salary...
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).
“the new salary level [proposed in the 2016 regulations] inappropriately excludes from exemption too many workers who pass the standard duties test” and “would adversely impact low-wage regions and industries.”The DOL hopes to receive comments regarding “whether the standard salary level set ...
As to who constitutes a “supervisor” or “manager,” and is thus excluded from accepting tips from a tip pool, the Final Rule explains that the duties test (butnotthe salary basis or level requirements) applicable to the “white collar” executive exemption will control who meets these ...
DOL Proposes to Increase Salary Thresholds for Overtime Pay ExemptionBy Stephen DouglasRich Gisonny
Marilyn ClarkLaura M. LestradeJoel O'Malley