Legal News

On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule to make an estimated 1.3 million American workers eligible for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The DOL’s final rule updates the FLSA’s overtime...By: Snell & Wilmer

Last week, the Department of Treasury and the IRS issued final regulations regarding hardship distributions from 401(k) and 403(b) plans. The final regulations respond to comments based on earlier proposed regulations and make a number of significant...By: Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive

The Supreme Court of Ohio recently confirmed that public employees in their probationary periods are not entitled to the same protections with regard to employment termination that tenured civil servants enjoy. In Miracle v. Ohio Dept. of Veterans...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

The long wait is over. Today, the U.S. Department of Labor confirmed the final rule on the overtime “white collar” exemptions. Effective January 1, 2020, the minimum salary level for exempt workers will be $684 per week ($35,568 annualized)....By: Ruder Ware

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has finalized revisions to the regulations governing hardship distributions under 401(k) and 403(b) plans. The final regulations make some subtle but important changes to the regulations that were issued in proposed...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule that will increase the threshold salary requirement necessary for employees to be exempt from minimum wage and overtime requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act...By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

In a surprising decision, the California Supreme Court has ruled that Plaintiffs in Private Attorney General Act  (PAGA) cases cannot recover for their own or their fellow employees’ unpaid wages, but instead are limited to recovering civil penalties...By: Buchalter

It’s funny in a sense that the people who should be most experienced with Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs), many divorce attorneys, don’t seem to know how to draft a QDRO.......By: Ary Rosenbaum

Starting October 1, 2019, all employers in Maryland with 15 or more employees will be required to provide “eligible employees” unpaid leave to donate organs or bone marrow. The law defines “eligible employee” in the same manner as the Family Medical...By: Pessin Katz Law, P.A.

Early yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor rolled out the final version of its overtime exemption rule, raising the annual salary required for one to qualify for the “white collar” exemptions (e.g. administrative, executive, professional) set...By: McAfee & Taft