March 8, 2019 The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking yesterday to increase the minimum salary for certain “white-collar” administrative, professional, and executive employees to be classified as “exempt” salaried employees…
By: Rachel D. Gebaide & Jill Davis Florida’s minimum wage will increase effective January 1, 2019 as follows: Florida’s minimum wage will increase by 21 cents from $8.25 to $8.46 per hour. Florida’s minimum wage…
By: Rachel D. Gebaide and Timothy C. Haughee On November 22, 2016, a federal court issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that temporarily blocks the implementation of the DOL’s…
November 17, 2016 The federal district court judge in Texas who heard arguments yesterday on the new overtime rule said he intends to rule by Tuesday (Nov. 22) on the motion for preliminary injunction filed…
November 10, 2016 By: Rachel D. Gebaide The U.S. Department of Labor’s new overtime rule will take effect December 1st unless a federal judge in Texas issues an injunction after a hearing next week in…
By: Rachel D. Gebaide and Timothy C. Haughee May 18, 2016 The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), at the direction of the White House, issued the long-anticipated final rule that substantially increases the minimum pay…
June 30, 2015 President Obama has announced a proposed rule to increase the minimum weekly salary for overtime exempt employees from $455 to $970. In other words, the minimum annual salary for an exempt employee…
BY: RACHEL D. GEBAIDE & TIMOTHY C. HAUGHEE MARCH 18, 2015 Effective March 27, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor’s regulations interpreting the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) expands coverage to legally married same-sex…
BY: RACHEL D. GEBAIDE & TIMOTHY C. HAUGHEE SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 Earlier today, we presented a seminar entitled “Wage and Hour Compliance: Managing Risk Under the FLSA.” Below is a link to the PDF document…
BY: TIMOTHY C. HAUGHEE MARCH 14, 2014 The Obama Administration announced this week that it will ask the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) to issue rules that increase the minimum salary that must be paid…
