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Dec 2016

New Overtime Law to Raise Threshold Blocked by TX Federal Judge

Earlier in the year, the Obama Administration backed and passed a ruling from the Department of Labor (DOL) that would have doubled the minimum threshold for mandatory overtime pay for salaried workers. As the ruling stated, starting December 1 st , 2016, the new threshold would be $47,476 per year, up from $23,660. That has not come into effect, however, and likely will not, due to a federal ...

Posted By Shellist Lazarz Slobin LLP

21

Nov 2016

Wage & Hour Lawsuits Up 450% in 20 Years

While many employers are getting ready for the massive overtime pay reform law which is set to go into effect in early December, others are likely on the lookout for methods to circumvent the rule due to concerns over drastically higher payroll costs. If a recently released study on wage and hour lawsuits is any indicator, however, employers should be taking this new legislation far more ...

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27

Oct 2016

Are Salaried Workers Exempt from Overtime?

The complexity of federal and state labor laws can leave many workers confused on issues such as salaried work and overtime pay. The employment laws which regulate overtime eligibility are set by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). While the FLSA does not include certain industries such as agricultural workers, most employees (and employers) in the United States are covered by the act. To ...

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13

Sep 2016

Tips to Ensure Compliance with the New Federal Overtime Law

A change to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is set to take effect December 1 st , 2016 which will make an estimated 4.2 million additional salaried American workers eligible to earn overtime pay. The new rule will increase the federal minimum salary level for overtime pay for FLSA-covered workers to $913 per week, or $47,476 per year. While many companies have already commenced preparations ...

Posted By Shellist Lazarz Slobin LLP