Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a final rule modifying the standard for determining whether employees qualify for several key exemptions to the overtime pay requirements set by the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Under the FLSA, all employees are categorized as either “exempt” or “nonexempt” for purposes of the overtime pay requirements, and covered employers are obligated to pay all “nonexempt” employees at time-and-a-half their regular rate of pay for any...
By: Whiteford
By: Whiteford