On May 14, 2026, the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced the publication of a technical amendment designed ...

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Wage and Hour Division on April 23, 2026, published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would establish ...

In Sonderling v. Ikes Artisan Pizza LLC, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is pursuing a legal theory that, if adopted by ...

Learn how wage and hour lawsuits work, what employee rights protect workers, and how unpaid overtime and wage claims are ...

Earlier this summer, our firm reminded you about major changes that take effect on Dec. 1, 2016, when the salary threshold required for employees to qualify for the executive, professional, or ...

Any day now, the Department of Labor is expected to issue new rules proposing changes to the "white-collar" overtime pay exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The new rules likely will open ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Since 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) has ...

These FAQs reflect the most current guidance. Legal challenges are in progress and the changes to the minimum salary threshold could be overturned, the threshold amount may change or the effective ...

A non-exempt employee qualifies to earn at least minimum wage and receive overtime under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act ...

You have a slacker exempt employee who just showed up three hours late, again. You dock her pay, because fair is fair. Reasonable, right? Congratulations! You just broke a federal law. If she’s a ...

To qualify for exemption, employees generally must meet all the following tests: Duties Test - The employee's job duties must primarily involve executive, administrative or professional duties as ...