New Overtime Rule Effective January 1, 2020

Skip Sperry December 10, 2019 Blog 1 Comment

On September 24, 2019, the Department of Labor announced its final updates to the “white collar” overtime exemption rules. These new rules go into effect on January 1, 2020. These rules affect, among others, administrative, executive, and professional employees who may be exempt from overtime payments if certain conditions are met. The updates to the exemption conditions include:

Raising the standard salary condition from $455 per week to $684 per week ($35,568.00 per year for full time workers);

Change to Idaho Wage & Hour Law May Increase Worker Claims

Skip Sperry June 14, 2019 Blog Leave a Comment

Idaho’s workers will soon have more time to file their wage and hour claims against their employers. House Bill 113 was signed into law by the Governor on March 18, 2019, and goes into effect on July 1, 2019. According to the bill’s statement of purpose, “The Idaho Department of Labor currently has 916 open claims. Approximately 70 percent of these open claims are for partial unpaid wages or additional wages owed. The Department receives an average of six new claims each day.

Federal Court Invalidates DoL’s Proposed Overtime Rule

Skip Sperry September 6, 2017 Blog Leave a Comment

In November 2016, a federal district court in Texas granted a preliminary injunction against the imposition of the Department of Labor’s effort to change the white collar exemptions to overtime rules. The rule would have effectively doubled the salary requirement to maintain an exemption: from $455 per week to $913 per week.

The DoL appealed the injunction, but on August 31, 2017, it lost its appeal on summary judgment. Further, and more importantly,

United States House Passes Comp Time Bill 1180

Skip Sperry May 4, 2017 Blog Leave a Comment

This week, the United States House of Representatives passed House Bill 1180, which would allow private employers to offer employees compensatory time off (“comp time”) in lieu of paying them overtime for hours worked in excess of forty in any one workweek. Under this bill, comp time could be accrued at 1.5 hours for each hour of overtime worked in a workweek. Most public sector employees have had this benefit since 1985.

New Overtime Rules Released

Skip Sperry May 18, 2016 Blog 5 Comments

This morning, the Department of Labor released its final rule regarding the White Collar Exemptions. I am still working through the over 500 page document but post now to share a few of the most important details.

The new rule is expected to affect over 4 million workers in the United States, who will now be eligible for overtime unless their compensation is restructured. The rule goes into effect on December 1,

Start Your Overtime Exemption Analyses Now!

Skip Sperry October 26, 2015 Blog Leave a Comment

On July 1, 2015, I informed you that the Department of Labor was initiating a change to the white collar exemption regulations and beginning a public comment period. As the DoL reviews tens of thousands of comments on its proposed changes to the White Collar Exemptions, employers should begin analyzing their exempt positions to determine whether they will still be exempt from overtime after the rule is inevitably issued.

Salaried Means No Overtime, Right? Ask Halliburton

Skip Sperry September 29, 2015 Blog Leave a Comment

The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) requires employers to pay most workers minimum wage and overtime to nonexempt workers for work in excess of 40 hours per workweek. Overtime must be paid unless the worker is defined as “exempt” under the Act. Many employers believe that simply paying employees on a salary basis makes them exempt from overtime, but several more factors affect the classification than whether you pay employees a salary or pay them hourly.

The DoL Proposes Changes to the “White Collar Exemptions”

Skip Sperry July 1, 2015 Blog Leave a Comment

Yesterday, on June 30, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor released proposed rule changes that would affect whether certain individuals are entitled to overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The most used exemptions from overtime are referred to as the “white collar exemptions” and exempt many managers, administrators, and professionals from entitlement to overtime if they are paid on a salary basis and at least certain weekly amounts. The current weekly salary threshhold that must be met to qualify for these exemptions,

White House Issues Memorandum to DoL

Skip Sperry March 14, 2014 Blog Leave a Comment

As expected, on March 13, 2014, the President issued a memorandum to the Department of Labor, directing the agency to revamp regulations related to overtime exemptions. In part, the President directed the DoL to:

“propose revisions to modernize and streamline the existing overtime regulations. In doing so, you shall consider how the regulations could be revised to update existing protections consistent with the intent of the Act; address the changing nature of the workplace;

Expect Obama to Push for Expanded Overtime

Skip Sperry March 13, 2014 Blog Leave a Comment

Today, President Obama is expected to direct the Department of Labor to use its rule-making authority to expand overtime coverage to more American workers. Under overtime exemptions executive, professional, and administrative workers who earn more than $455 per week may be exempt from overtime pay if they meet certain job-related criteria.

President Obama will likely ask the DoL to increase that weekly threshold which would increase the number of workers entitled to overtime pay.

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