Full coverage of Philadelphia’s new Wage Theft Law – providing a separate new private right of action for violations of the Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law or the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act occurring in, or based on an “employment contract” made within, the city – is available here. The Law also creates the
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DOL Expected To Issue Final Regulation Regarding Overtime Exemptions On Wednesday
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in Department of Labor, Exemptions
The Department of Labor is expected to issue its long-awaited Final Rule regarding the white collar exemptions on Wednesday, at an event in Ohio attended by Vice President Biden and Secretary Perez, Politico reports. It is expected the Final Rule will increase the salary level requirement for white collar exemptions to approximately $47,000, and…
Sources Reporting Salary Basis Threshold In Final Rule Lowered to $47,000
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in Department of Labor
Multiple sources are reporting that the DOL’s Final Rule regarding the exempt status salary basis threshold will set the minimum salary at approximately $47,000 per annum, rather than the previously-reported $50,440. While the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is still reviewing the proposed rule, the rule may clear OMB within the next few weeks,…
Minnesota Congressman Drives Attachment of Debarment Provision to Appropriations Bills
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in Uncategorized
Debarment – a bar on a federal contractor from receiving business from the federal government for a period of years – which is usually based on a violation of a public prevailing wage statute (such as the Service Contract Act (SCA)), is the most draconian civil penalty levied against most contractors, particularly those whose core…
Eleventh Circuit Clarifies Scope of FLSA Enterprise Coverage
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in Coverage
As FLSA and other wage lawsuits continue to be prevalent, one threshold issue that often arises with small and/or local businesses, as well as non-profit entities, is whether the employer is an enterprise covered by the FLSA. This issue is relevant because in order for the FLSA to be applicable, either the individual employee must be…