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The DOL Starts 2020 With a Bevy of Opinion Letters
Not sitting on its laurels, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has already issued three new opinion letters to begin the year. Two deal with issues under the FLSA and a third addresses issues under the FMLA. Opinion letter number … Continue reading
Posted in DOL, FLSA, FMLA
| Tagged 2020, Bonus, Consultants, DOL, Exempt, Field Operations Handbook, Opinion Letters, Regular Rate of Pay, Training Program
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Legal Alert: U.S. Supreme Court Adopts a “Fair Reading” Standard for FLSA Exemptions
In this week’s L&E Legal Alert, Jennifer Yee and Josh Woodard take a deeper dive into the Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro where the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the longstanding principle that courts construe FLSA exemptions narrowly and, instead, adopted … Continue reading
Posted in DOL, FLSA, Pay
| Tagged Exempt, Exemption, Justice Thomas, Ninth Circuit, Overtime, SCOTUS, Wages
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Federal Court strikes down Overtime Rule
A Texas federal district court judge invalidated the Department of Labor’s (“DOL’s”) controversial Final Rule that would have made more than 4 million currently exempt employees eligible for overtime. On May 23, 2016, the DOL issued its Final Rule which … Continue reading
Nationwide Injunction Halts Enforcement of DOL Regulation on Overtime Pay
Yesterday, a federal judge from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas entered a nationwide preliminary injunction prohibiting the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing updates to the salary requirements for exempt employees. Earlier this year, … Continue reading