By Kevin Young, Noah Finkel, and Brett C. Bartlett
Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 10, 2021, the White House and U.S. Department of Labor confirmed their plan to propose new rules to increase the salary threshold for exempt employees under the FLSA and “modernize” the prevailing wage rules that apply to many federal government contractors and subcontractors. The rulemaking
Continue Reading On Deck for ’22: Exempt Salary Level Increases and Prevailing Wage Changes
Co-authored by Kat Jugo and Kevin Young
The lawyers in our readership are quite familiar with the fact that, as a general matter, practicing attorneys are not entitled to overtime pay under the FLSA. But does that exempt status change when an attorney is retained only to review and flag documents? No it does not, per a decision issued last
Continue Reading Nothing New for Doc Review: Federal Court Rules That Doc Review Attorney, Like Other Practicing Lawyers, is Exempt
Authored by Kerry Friedrichs
As technology continues to expand and evolve, employers increasingly are needing the services of highly-skilled computer programmers, software engineers, systems analysts, and similar employees. Often, these employees desire flexibility and autonomy in their work schedules. Fortunately, the FLSA and California law enable employers to offer flexibility to these employees, as they both provide a complete minimum
Continue Reading Time to Review the Exempt Classification of Computer Employees?
Authored by Alex Passantino
Over the past several weeks, we have received an increasing number of questions about the status of the Department of Labor’s revisions to the “white collar” overtime exemptions. As regular readers know, last March, the President directed the Secretary of Labor to begin the regulatory process on those regulations. At that time, the President directed the
Continue Reading Whatever Happened to those Overtime Rules?
Authored by Alex Passantino
As we expected when we reported on this yesterday, President Obama today signed a Presidential memorandum directing the Secretary of Labor to “restore the common sense principles” related to overtime. In his remarks, President Obama focused on his belief that overtime protections have “eroded,” that “if you work more, you should be paid more,” and that
Continue Reading President Directs Secretary of Labor to Begin the Regulatory Process
Authored by Alex Passantino
Today, the New York Times reported that the Obama Administration intends to propose comprehensive changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s most significant exemptions — the exemptions for executive, administrative, and professional employees.
Although the details are still fuzzy, it appears — as we suggested last week — that the Administration will seek to raise the
Continue Reading Exempt No More? DOL to Propose Sweeping Changes to White Collar Exemptions