On April 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor published a final rule, Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees, increasing the minimum salary limit to be exempt from overtime and minimum wage requirements under the...
In contrast, FLSA exempt workers are often on a fixed annual salary, but they can receive bonuses or other financial incentives. The nature of these jobs carries less of a need for reduced or extended hours beyond the 40-hour week and in some cases includes high earnings. Therefore, exempt ...
The FLSA classifies exemptions to employees in administrative, executive, professional, and computer-based roles. The duties associated with each role can be used to determine exemption. FLSA duty tests (or exemption test) can be administered by HR personnel. See the FLSA duties test. What is th...
Some jobs are classified as exempt by definition. For example, "outside sales" employees are exempt ("inside sales" employeesare nonexempt). For most employees, however, whether they are exempt or nonexempt depends on (a) how much they are paid, (b) how they are paid, and (c) what ...
In the past few decades, one of the most common and costly wage and hour legal disputes has been the classification of employees as “exempt” or “non-exempt” from Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) coverage. Unless exempt, all US employees are covered by the FLSA and thus entitled to cer...
However, Section 13(a)(1) of the FLSA provides an exemption from both minimum wage and overtime pay for employees employed as bona fide executive, administrative, professional and outside sales employees. Section 13(a)(1) and Section 13(a)(17) also exempt certain computer employees. To qua...
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Employees are only exempt from overtime pay requirements if they meet all three of the following: The employee receives a salary, The salary is not less than the FLSA salary threshold, AND The employee has executive, administrative, or professional job duties Pro Tip: Calculating overtime pay...