The new overtime rule increases the FLSA salary threshold to $43,888 annually ($844 per week), up from $35,568 ($684 per week). This new law changes what qualifies as an exempt employee. But, this threshold is only one of three requirements employees must meet for FLSA exemption. ...
Legal Acronyms Encyclopedia Fair Labor Standards Act Also called the FLSA. Legislation in the United States, passed in 1938, that requiredemployersengaged in interstate commerce to provide a minimum level ofemployeebenefits. For example, the FLSA prohibitschild laborand established the first federal min...
changes if Congress says it does. (The salary test that is applied to salaried employees includes a specific threshold monetary amount of salary, butthat amount can be changed via Department of Labor regulationsand does not require Congress to act. Which is why the salary threshold actually ...
Starting in 2027, the salary threshold will be automatically updated every three years to keep pace with changes in worker pay. Being unaware of the latest regulatory changes won’t absolve you of the responsibility for a potential FLSA violation. To avoid an FLSA lawsuit, regularly check ...
rights. The FLSA remains a cornerstone of labor law in the United States because it encompasses essential labor standards that ensure fair wages and working conditions. Recent updates have expanded overtime eligibility and raised the salary threshold for exempt employees, reflecting changes in the labo...
Under scenario two – sometimes called “horizontal joint employment” – the DOL’s final rule does not make significant, substantive changes to the test, but provides much-needed guidance as to whether two employers are sufficiently associated to one another that they must aggregate the hours an...
This means that at least police officers and detectives must be paid overtime if they work over their FLSA threshold. Specialists and others with supervisory ranks may qualify under the executive or administrative exemptions as long as their salary is at least $455 per week and their primary ...
FLSAEmployeeTrainingOctober2016FLSA–OverviewTheDepartmentofLaborhasissueschangestotheFairLaborStandardsActinordertoensurethatallemployeesarebeingpaidatleastminimumwageforthehourstheywork.EffectiveDecember1,2016theminimumsalarytobeconsideredExemptandineligibleforovertimeis$47,476/year.Employeesmakinglessthanthatamountwill...
Continue ReadingFifth Circuit Ruling: 2019 Salary Threshold Increase Did Not Exceed Authority From Leniency to Scrutiny: The New FLSA Certification Landscape BySeyfarth Shaw LLP,Christina Jaremus,Lennon B. Haas&Noah A. FinkelonAugust 28, 2024 ...
FLSAEmployeeTrainingOctober2016FLSA–OverviewTheDepartmentofLaborhasissueschangestotheFairLaborStandardsActinordertoensurethatallemployeesarebeingpaidatleastminimumwageforthehourstheywork.EffectiveDecember1,2016theminimumsalarytobeconsideredExemptandineligibleforovertimeis$47,476/year.Employeesmakinglessthanthatamountwill...