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Q.  A client of my company asked whether it could offer production bonuses to our employees who deliver their work product prior to the deadline.  Does the FLSA require my company to account for these third-party bonuses when calculating the regular...By: Pepper Hamilton LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Department of Labor announced its final rule updating and revising the regulations issued under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regarding the earnings thresholds necessary to exempt executive, administrative or...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Development of solar projects in California has been spurred by California’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS), which requires that 60% of retail electricity sales must be served by renewable resources by 2030 and requires all the state’s...By: Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Unionized employers generally know that federal labor law prevents them from altering material terms and conditions of employment for the bargaining unit without first negotiating with the union. On September 10, the National Labor Relations Board...By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Kanye West and music publisher EMI have agreed on something (at least in theory) – to settle their legal battle. According to a court document filed on September 23, the parties reached an “agreement in principle” to settle the case and expect to...By: Robins Kaplan LLP

Over the past several years, regulators and market participants increasingly have called for the expansion of investment opportunities for retail investors and retirees. These calls for expanded opportunities have cited market structure changes, the...By: Ropes & Gray LLP

On September 24, 2019, the Ohio Supreme Court announced the General Assembly has broad authority to regulate public-works contracts that subject Ohio’s workers to residency preferences or restrictions. In The City of Cleveland v. The State of Ohio,...By: Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

Yesterday, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division issued a final rule regarding the threshold amount of salary necessary to exempt an employer from the obligation to pay overtime. The threshold since 2004 was $455 per week or $23,660 per...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

On September 24, 2019 the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a revised Final Overtime Rule increasing the minimum salary threshold for overtime exemption to $35,568. The Final Overtime Rule takes effect on January 1, 2020. The DOL’s Final...By: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its much-anticipated final overtime rule, increasing the salary thresholds for administrative, professional and executive employees to qualify as exempt from federal minimum wage and overtime...By: Stinson LLP