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We have submitted an extensive response to the U.S. Department of Labor's Request for Information seeking comment regarding the 2016 compensation changes in the agency's definitions of the FLSA's so-called "white collar" exemptions.
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The 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has "tentatively" scheduled oral arguments for the week of October 2, 2017 regarding the U.S. Department of Labor's efforts to overturn last November's preliminary injunction blocking salary-related changes affecting FLSA's "white collar" exemptions.
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A U.S. Department of Labor information request will be published tomorrow morning to seek additional public comment regarding the 2016 compensation revisions in the regulations defining the FLSA's "white collar" exemptions.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a Reply Brief in its appeal of last November's preliminary injunction that blocked the salary-related changes in the regulations defining the FLSA's "white collar" exemptions.
Administrative Exemption, Executive Exemption, Exemptions And Exceptions, Professional Exemption, Salary BasisTags: $47476, $913, computer employee exemption, executive exemption, exempt employees, exempt status, exemption changes, exemption regulations, FLSA exempt status, FLSA exemptions, minimum salary, minimum salary level, salary, salary basis, salary level, salary test, salary threshold, salary-test increase, USDOL Appeal, white-collar exemptions Management should take care not to focus so much upon FLSA-related "salary basis" developments that it fails to note changes in salary thresholds required under analogous state-law exemptions.
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The U.S. House of Representatives is considering legislation that would amend the FLSA to permit private-sector employers to offer compensatory time off in lieu of monetary overtime compensation.
U.S. Labor Secretary candidate Alexander Acosta's March 22 confirmation hearing might have provided insight into some potential Labor Department actions affecting the FLSA and analogous federal laws.
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Federal District Judge Amos L. Mazzant has denied the U.S. Department of Labor's request to halt proceedings in his court while it appeals the preliminary injunction he granted preventing salary-related changes in the FLSA's "white collar" exemption requirements from taking effect.
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