The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 created two classes of employees鈥攖hose who are paid for each hour of their labor and those who are given a salary due to the administrative, professional, or executive nature of their responsibilities. The FLSA created exemptions from the hourly wage laws...
On July 11, 2024, the Third Circuit inJohnson v. NCAAheld that student athletes are not barred from being considered employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). TheJohnsondecision adds to mounting evidence that courts and regulators no longer accept the NCAA’s long-successful...
On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)issued its final ruleupdating its regulations regarding joint-employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This new rule is scheduled to be effective on March 16, 2020. It updates and clarifies the circumstances in which ...
FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT We expect the Biden administration will seek changes to the following areas under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Overtime Under the FLSA, employers are not required to pay minimum wage and overtime to exempt employees, which the US Department of Lab...
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) applies to over 135 million employees in the United States. Most employees in the U.S. are covered by FLSA. However, there are some exceptions such as small construction companies and small independently owned retail businesses or services who are not ...
The best answer to last week's Quick Quiz is, "No", it is not likely that Alan's time between calls would be found to be worktime under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. The idle time during which an otherwise off-duty employee is available to be called upon to do something ...
The Justices should have a relaxing moment withEncino Motorcars v. Navarro, next week’s dispute under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), one of the simplest cases of the entire Term. The FLSA, as presumably all of you know,...
On Monday, April 2, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision in Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro holding that under §213(b)(10)(A) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), service advisors at automobile dealerships are salesmen and thus exempt from overtime req...
DOL Fact Sheet #13: Employment Relationship Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a good place to start (DOL 2010, D). See Table 9 (Appendix). Keeping in mind, that there are other rules and tests, Fact Sheet #13 should be a basic starting point given its impact on ...
(o) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The outcome of this case will have a significant impact on unionized employers in a wide variety of industries where workers change in and out of protective and/or sanitary clothing at the start and end of their workdays, including food ...