white collar regulations

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

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

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