The anticipated legal challenges to the Department of Labor’s Final Rule regarding the salary level for white collar exempt employees were lodged yesterday through two separate lawsuits filed in the Eastern District of Texas. State of Nevada et al v. United States Department of Labor et al, E.D. Texas 16-CV-731; Plano Chamber of Commerce
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When Will The DOL Issue Final Regulations Increasing The Salary Basis Threshold?
Since the United States Department of Labor announced its intention, in response to the President’s directive, to more than double the salary basis necessary to qualify for the “white collar” exemptions from overtime, the business community has swung into action. Employers and associations have both been lobbying for a more modest increase to the minimum…
DOL Receives 50,000 Comments In Final Week, Total Nearly 250,000
Employers anxiously await the final regulations codifying the upcoming changes to the FLSA white collar exemptions. Those who seek to “read the tea leaves” regarding the rulemaking process based on the comments submitted by the public at large have a lot of work to do, as the Department announced it received in excess of…
USDOL Regulatory Agenda Indicates Delay In New White Collar Exemption Rules
In its new regulatory agenda, the Department of Labor has indicated that its proposed rules remaking the traditional FLSA “white collar” exemptions in response to March’s Presidential directive will not be provided until February, 2015. The employer community eagerly awaits guidance from the Department, particularly given the uncertainty and litigation which followed in the…
DOL States Plan To Issue Proposed Revisions To FLSA White Collar Exemptions In 2014
The Department of Labor recently released its 2014 Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, a non-binding statement regarding upcoming rulemaking. The Agenda provides a timetable for issuance of a proposed rule revising the regulations interpreting the Fair Labor Standards Act’s “white collar” overtime exemptions, in conformity with the President’s recent directive. As we often discuss, certain…