Today, the Department of Labor finalized its regulation entitled Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees covering exemptions from the Fair Labor Standard Act’s (FLSA’s) minimum wage and overtime regulations. The final rule increases the standard salary level as well as the
Bob’s Point of View: Nothing is more demonized in modern management than overtime, a phenomenon created by the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act, “New Deal” legislation. The intent was to put more people to work. Today, with our low levels of unemployment, both employers and
The Department of Labor (DOL) took its first formal step to remove the Overtime Exemption Rule. DOL has asked for input regarding the impact the current rule would have had on employers had the federal court not stopped it. NCA and our allies on the
The Federal Court’s November 22 preliminary injunction stopped the Overtime Exemption Rule from going into effect on December 1. This rule would have increased the minimum weekly salary an employee must earn to be considered exempt from overtime to $913 from the current minimum weekly salary is
At 6:00 p.m. last evening, a federal district court judge in Texas ruled that the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new Overtime Rule should be stopped. The ruling means that the rule WILL NOT go into effect on December 1, 2016 and that all clubs may
Two lawsuits have been filed against the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Overtime Exemption Rule, alleging that the rule is unconstitutional. The first lawsuit has been filed by 21 states, claiming that their state budgets and school boards cannot absorb the new rule’s higher minimum weekly
The Department of Labor (DOL) has released the final version of the Overtime Exemption Rule, which will force clubs to pay overtime to any employee making less than $47,476 per year. The final rule will take effect on Dec. 1, 2016. Under the current law,
A private club in South Florida is the subject of a new lawsuit by a former employee who claims that the club did not pay him the overtime wages he was rightfully owed. The plaintiff worked as a sous chef at the club from October
On June 29, the Department of Labor (DOL) proposed changes to the country’s overtime rules that could significantly impact the private club industry. Under current law, salaried employees making at least $455 per week ($23,660 per year) and who meet the requirements under the “primary
In March of 2014, the Department of Labor (DOL) was directed by the President to review the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and its overtime regulations. On June 29, DOL completed that review and has proposed changes to those rules. As expected, these changes could