Any day now, the Department of Labor is expected to issue new rules proposing changes to the "white-collar" overtime pay exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The new rules likely will open ...

To qualify for exemption, employees generally must meet all the following tests: Duties Test - The employee's job duties must primarily involve executive, administrative or professional duties as ...

The lower court must now determine if they could be exempt as commission-based employees of a retail or service establishment. Next month, the ante goes up for employers to ensure they’ve properly ...

On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final rule increasing the salary level for certain professional employees to be properly classified as exempt from federal overtime ...

On Jan. 15, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its unanimous opinion in E.M.D. Sales v. Carrera, holding that a preponderance-of-the-evidence standard rather than a heightened ...

Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), all employees in the workplace are classified as either exempt or nonexempt. Nonexempt employees must be paid at least minimum wage for every hour ...

Even workers who are exempt from many of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s protections may be entitled to protections for nursing employees under the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing ...

On November 15, 2024, a federal judge in the Eastern District Court of Texas ruled to strike down the Biden Administration’s Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime final rule. The ruling strikes ...

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FLSA-exempt employees classified as Level 1 must complete the Compensatory Time Worksheet for Level 1 FLSA-Exempt Employees when they are directed to report to campus when classes and activities have ...