Overtime

DOL Signals Abandonment of Salary Threshold Hike
May 14, 2025
On Friday, a federal appeals court pressed pause on an appeal initiated by the Biden Department of Labor in an attempt to save its new rule raising the salary threshold for the overtime exemptions.
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Texas Court Strikes Down DOL Overtime Rule
November 17, 2024
Late last week a federal district court in Texas struck down the Department of Labor rule that was set to increase the salary thresholds again for exempt white-collar executive, professional and administrative employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Overtime Salary Hike Struck Down
November 14, 2024
Justice doesn’t usually move fast, but it did this time.
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DOL Overtime Rule Enjoined from Taking Effect on July 1 – But Only as to the State of Texas Government
June 30, 2024
Just days before it was scheduled to take effect, a Texas federal court issued a preliminary injunction that prevents the U.S. Department of Labor’s revised overtime exemption rule from taking effect as scheduled on July 1, 2024, but only as to the State of Texas as an employer.
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U.S. Department of Labor Releases Final EAP Overtime Rule
April 23, 2024
On April 23rd, the DOL officially released the final EAP overtime rule, which takes effect on July 1, 2024.
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DOL Issues Final Rule Raising the Salary Threshold for Overtime Exemptions
April 23, 2024
On April 23rd, the Department of Labor issued its final rule modifying the standards for classifying employees as exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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U.S. Department of Labor Set to Give a Pot of Gold to Millions of Exempt Workers
March 17, 2024
Last year, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a rule that would expand overtime protections to more than 3 million workers who are currently exempt from overtime.
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DOL Proposes New Overtime Rule To Increase the Required Salary Level for Exempt Employees
August 29, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has now issued its highly-anticipated proposed revision to the regulations governing which employees are exempt from the requirement to pay overtime for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek.
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Big Bucks Supervisor Scores Overtime Win
March 5, 2023
Many employers labor under the misconception that a highly paid employee is necessarily exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Who Really Qualifies for the Administrative Exemption from Overtime?
January 25, 2023
Even employers with good intentions often have a misunderstanding of what it takes to legally classify employees as exempt. Unfortunately, when it comes to wage and hour violations, ignorance is not bliss. 
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Computer Start Up Time Can Be Compensable
January 3, 2023
Your company may be required to pay employees for time spent logging in or waiting for their computer systems to boot up according to a recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision.
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Correctly Calculating the FLSA Regular Rate - A Common Pitfall of the FLSA
November 22, 2021
The Fair Labor Standards Act mandates that non-exempt employees be paid one and one-half times their regular rate for all hours worked over forty (40) in a given workweek. However, calculating overtime pay correctly can be tricky when an employee works at two or more different rates during a single workweek.
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