9/20/2024 5:59:33 PM Fifth Circuit upholds DOL’s 2019 salary threshold amid ongoing 2024 threshold challenges By Amanda Brown Hannah Pool In a challenge to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) 2019 overtime rule, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the DOL’s...
1/5/2021 10:12:23 PM Pandemic or not, employers must still comply with notice-posting requirements under federal law By Mark Goldstein Leora Grushka Federal law, as well as many state and local laws, require employers to display notices and posters in the workplace advising employees...
10/16/2020 7:11:05 PM Executive Order 13950 on diversity training: Hidden traps for employers By Michael Correll Adam Weiner **Please note this blog has been updated as of January 25, 2021. Read our update here. Beginning November 20, 2020, President Trump’s...
2/24/2020 2:18:03 PM Fifth Circuit clarifies when improper pay deductions make an employee ineligible for exemptions from overtime under the FLSA By Paul Knettel Peter Stuhldreher The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) exempts employees with certain executive, administrative, or professional job duties from the...