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EMPLOYMENT LAW ALERT: FEDERAL JUDGE HALTS OVERTIME RULE
We last advised you that the Department of Labor’s final Rule updating the overtime regulations was to take effect on December 1, 2016. The overtime rule would have raised the salary threshold from $23,660 to $47,476 a year. However, just 10 days before the implementation date, a federal judge in Texas issued a preliminary… Read More »
EMPLOYMENT LAW ALERT: FINAL OVERTIME RULES
KEY PROVISIONS OF THE FINAL RULES: On May 18, 2016, President Obama announced the publication of the Department of Labor’s final rule updating the overtime regulations. The new Regs will automatically extend overtime pay protections to over 4 million workers within the first year of implementation. Key provisions are: The threshold income level at… Read More »