Insights

On January 16, 2020, the Department of Labor (DOL) formally published its much-anticipated final rule revising DOL regulations that address joint-employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Final Rule, as...

The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has finalized its new rules regarding overtime pay under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).  These new rules will take effect on January 1, 2020. Under the DOL’s...

Effective December 31, 2019, the minimum wage and minimum salary for exempt employees in New York State is increasing, except for the $15 per hour minimum wage rate for large New York City employers, which remains the same....

On March 7, 2019, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a new rule that would increase the minimum salary an employee must be paid, from $455 per week ($23,660 per year) to $679 per week ($35,308 per year), in...

On February 4, 2019, Governor Phil Murphy signed a law which will gradually increase New Jersey’s minimum hourly wage to $15/hour for most New Jersey employees by January 1, 2024. The first increase, which will not take...

Employers should be prepared for increases to the New York State minimum hourly wage for non-exempt employees and increases in the minimum salary for exempt administrative and executive employees effective December 31, 2018....

On December 28, 2016, the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) adopted regulations increasing the minimum weekly salary an employee must be paid as of December 31, 2016, to qualify as an exempt executive or...

As widely reported, on November 22, 2016, Judge Amos Mazzant of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Department of Labor’s...

Effective December 1, 2016, employers must comply with the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) updated regulations regarding the executive, administrative, and professional exemptions to the overtime requirements in the...

The District of Columbia Wage Theft Prevention Amendment Act, which took effect February 26, 2015, includes new notice and posting obligations for District of Columbia employers, including a requirement to provide written...