Reports that state and local governments may have to pay certain middle-management personnel overtime if they do not meet the exemption test as management employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Use of the salary test issue to battalion chief and assistant chief ranks in the United States...
The salary threshold test sets the floor on the minimum amount of money that an employee must be paid before the FLSA permits an employer to claim an exemption and therefore NOT have to pay that employee overtime. What is the current Salary Threshold under the FLSA?
Although the specific criteria differ by exemption, all exemptions are based on two broad factors: the manner and amount of pay the employee receives (“salary test”) and the employee’s job duties (“duties test”). An employee must surpass the minimum thresholds for both tests to be ...
Seyfarth Synopsis:On September 11, 2024, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held in Mayfield v. U.S. Department of Labor that the Secretary’s salary tests for evaluating overtime exemptions are valid and do not exceed the Department of Labor’s authority under ...
Minimum salary threshold increases These thresholds are used in part to determine if an employee is eligible for overtime (non-exempt) or not (exempt). Salary level is just one of three tests in determining exemption, but is the key threshold changing. ...
This exemption class determines if the employee is eligible for overtime pay. Non-exempt employee are entitled to overtime, exempt employees are not.Answer and Explanation: For an employee to be exempt under FLSA they must pass the duties test. There are several miscellaneous exceptions that ...
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The FLSA salary basis test applies only to reductions in monetary amounts. Requiring an employee to charge absences from work to leave accruals is not a reduction in "pay," because the monetary amount of the employee's paycheck remains the same. Similarly, paying an employee more than the gu...
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