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Fifth Circuit: Day Rate Can Meet Salary Requirements Under FLSA White Collar Overtime Exemption

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August 21, 2019

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In Faludi v. U.S. Shale Solutions, L.L.C., the U.S. Court of Appeal for the 5th Circuit stated that a guaranteed day rate providing compensation over $455 can meet the Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) salary requirements for the white collar overtime exemption. Further, the FLSA’s reasonable relationship test does not apply to the highly compensated exemption.

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DOL Issues Opinion Letters on Nondiscretionary Bonuses, Overtime Exemption Standards, and Rounding Time Under the FLSA

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July 1, 2019

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced new opinion letters from the Department’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) on calculating overtime pay for nondiscretionary bonuses and permissible rounding practices under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).  Opinion letters are responses from the WHD to submitted queries, are primarily informative in nature, and are published by the WHD to clarify or interpret existing regulations.

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California: New Bills on Background Checks, Overtime Exemptions, and More

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January 1, 2018

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Gov. Brown recently signed a number of new bills that will impact a variety of employment practices, including background check requirements in certain industries, overtime exemption standards, and requirements for obtaining teaching credentials.  A summary of the new bills are as follows:

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