Tag archives: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division

US DOL finalizes new rule expanding overtime coverage

By Dennis Jackson (US) and Margaret Rudolph (US) on May 23, 2016 Posted in United States

The US Department of Labor (DOL) has finalized a new rule expanding the number of employees entitled to receive overtime pay for work in excess of 40 hours in a regular workweek, by doubling the salary needed for executive, administrative, and professional workers to qualify as exempt and by raising the compensation needed to qualify … Continue reading

DOL’s new salary rule is a mixed bag for employers

By Mario Barrera (US) and Stephen Romero (US) on May 19, 2016 Posted in United States

Adding to the recent flurry of federal regulatory activity, on May 18, 2016, the United States Department of Labor‘s Wage and Hour Division issued a final rule on overtime that raises the salary threshold for exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Defining and delimiting the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales and computer employees … Continue reading

Employee or independent contractor: too much of a good thing?

By Norlynn Price (US) on July 27, 2015 Posted in General, United States

On July 15, 2015, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued a memorandum on “The Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s ‘Suffer or Permit’ Standard in the Identification of Employees Who are Misclassified as Independent Contractors.” After clarifying the distinction between an employee and an independent contractor and emphasizing that the Fair Labor … Continue reading

Checks and balances at work: Fifth Circuit reins in U.S. Department of Labor in Fair Labor Standards Act case

By Norlynn Price (US) on July 7, 2015 Posted in United States

On July 2, 2015 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) liable for an employer’s attorneys’ fees resulting from a bungled and abusive investigation of alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The facts of the case – Gate Guard Services, L.P. v. Thomas … Continue reading