New FLSA Overtime Rules on Hold

New FLSA Overtime Rules on Hold

On Tuesday afternoon, a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction on the Department of Labor’s new overtime rules, which were slated to go into effect in just over a week on December 1, 2016....
FLSA FAQs

FLSA FAQs

The new FLSA rules go into effect December 1, 2016. Here are some common FLSA FAQs we’ve received. What are the new minimum salary levels, and when will they go up next? As of December 1, 2016, most exempt executive, administrative, professional, and computer...
Department of Labor Penalties Increased

Department of Labor Penalties Increased

In November of 2015, Congress passed the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act, requiring federal agencies to increase their civil penalties to account for inflation. Many agencies had not done so in more than a decade. This initial...
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