November 21, 2024
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Category: DOL

DOL’s Increase to Minimum Salary Threshold for White-Collar Overtime Exemption Blocked Nationwide

A federal court has vacated a Labor Department rule that increased the minimum salary level for the “white-collar” overtime exemption. Therefore, the prior minimum salary threshold of $684 weekly is back in effect. The opinion came November 15 by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Texas v. U.S. Dep’t of Labor. The Biden Administration’s final...
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November 20, 2024
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Category: Agency Enforcement

DOL Reports Recovery of Back Wages for FLSA Violations Decreased in FY 2024

DOL’s recovery of back wages for violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act has dropped to its lowest level in a decade, according to limited enforcement data reported by the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division. The amount of back wages collected by WHD decreased by 4% in fiscal year 2024 compared with the amount collected in FY 2023. In...
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November 11, 2024
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Category: Agency Enforcement

DOL Wage and Hour Division Again Reports Increase in FMLA Violations

The number of Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) cases in which the Department of Labor found a violation increased in fiscal year 2024—and for a second consecutive year—after having declined annually over the previous decade, according to data recently released by DOL’s Wage and Hour Division. This indicates that more employees are now electing to file complaints with WHD rather...
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October 30, 2024
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Category: Government Contracts

CWC Explains the Davis-Bacon Act

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has updated its primer on the Davis-Bacon Act. The Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) and a collection of laws called the Davis-Bacon Related Acts (DBRA) require contractors to pay laborers and mechanics working on covered federal construction contracts the prevailing wage and fringe benefits for the same job classification in the same area....
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September 18, 2024
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Category: FLSA

Fifth Circuit Rules FLSA Recognizes DOL Power To Set White Collar “Salary Basis” Test

The Department of Labor acted within its authority in requiring employers to pay a minimum salary to employees who are classified as exempt from federal minimum wage and overtime requirements, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled September 11 in Mayfield v. DOL. A unanimous three-judge panel noted that DOL has included a minimum-salary requirement in the...
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August 29, 2024
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Category: FLSA

Fifth Circuit Vacates DOL’s “80/20 Rule” for Paying Tipped Workers

A federal appeals court has thrown out the Biden Administration’s “80/20 Rule” rule governing the payment of tipped employees, finding it contrary to the language of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In Restaurant Law Center v. U.S. Department of Labor, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit invalidated the rule on August 23,...
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July 02, 2024
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Category: FLSA

DOL’s Overtime Rule Takes Effect as Federal Court Blocks Enforcement Against Texas

The first phase of the U.S. Labor Department’s recent revisions to its overtime regulations for executive, administrative, and professional employees went into effect July 1, 2024. DOL’s final rule increased the minimum salary level from $684 per week to $844 per week (equivalent to an annual salary of $43,888) on July 1, 2024, and to $1,128 per week (equivalent to an annual...
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June 05, 2024
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Category: DOL

DOL Claims Manufacturer Is Jointly Liable for Child Labor Violations Committed by Its Supplier

The U.S. Department of Labor recently filed a lawsuit alleging that an auto manufacturer is jointly liable for child labor violations committed by one of its suppliers and the supplier’s staffing company. In its complaint, DOL alleges that the auto manufacturer is so interrelated with its supplier that it is an integrated employer for liability purposes under the Fair Labor Standards Act...
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May 22, 2024
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Category: Compensation

CWC’s Updated “Talking Points” Guide on DOL’s New White Collar Overtime Regulations

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has written new Talking Points to help CWC members educate their managers and supervisors about the 2024 revisions to the Labor Department’s white-collar overtime regulations. These updated Talking Points supersede the Talking Points that CWC prepared in 2019 when DOL last revised the regulations. The new regulations increase the...
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May 15, 2024
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Category: Compensation

Highlights From CWC’s Web Workshop on DOL’s New “White Collar” Overtime Regulations

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, held a members-only web workshop May 7, 2024, to discuss the Labor Department’s new white-collar overtime regulations, which will take effect July 1, 2024. DOL’s rule increases the minimum amount that a salaried employee must be paid to be exempt from overtime pay—from the current $684 per week to...
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