Legal News

On September 24, 2019, the federal Department of Labor (DOL) announced the issuance of a final rule that, according to the DOL, will “make 1.3 million American workers newly eligible for overtime pay” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). ...By: Smith Anderson

Yesterday, the Department of Labor (DOL) released the final version of its long-anticipated update to the rule calculating overtime eligibility under the Fair Labor Standards Act. As you might recall, the DOL attempted to update the overtime rule...By: Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits

Dear Sir/Madam, We would like to alert you to the new rules for entering the Russian Federation through border checkpoints in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. The new rules enter into effect on October 1, 2019....By: Dentons

One of the most controversial taxes of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is in danger of repeal. The tax colloquially known as the “Cadillac Tax” was supposed to take effect in 2018, but Congress has delayed it twice. With the tax now slated to take...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The legal definition of “workplace accidents” under French law does not normally make global headlines. However, as many of you will have read, a recent decision of the Paris Court of Appeal (CA Paris, May 27, 2019, n°16/08787) did just that....By: Proskauer - International Labor Law

On Tuesday, September 24, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a long-awaited final rule updating the salary thresholds for the executive, administrative, and professional (EAP) overtime exemptions under the FLSA. Employers will be required to...By: Thompson Coburn LLP

On August 12, 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law Senate Bill 506577 / Assembly Bill A8421, significantly expanding protections to individuals working in New York State, thereby increasing an employer’s exposure to liability for claims of...By: Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

The United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a final rule on September 24, 2019, that raises the minimum salary threshold to $684 per week ($35,568 annually) for exempt “white collar” employees. In general, the white collar exemptions allow...By: Butler Snow LLP

On September 24, 2019, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) released its final Overtime Rule, which increases the minimum weekly salary threshold for white collar positions exempt from overtime. According to the Final Rule, the new minimum...By: Brooks Pierce

On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final overtime rule regarding the salary amount that employees must be paid in order to meet the salary basis requirements for the exemptions from overtime pay. The DOL stated that...By: White and Williams LLP