Topic
Exemption
103 published works
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
NY DOL To Increase Salary Threshold for Exempt Employees
Authored by Robert S. Whitman and Howard M. Wexler As we all know, the revisions to the FLSA’s “white collar” exemptions will take effect December 1 and will increase the salary…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
What is a Chapter 7?
By Bryan Fears
A chapter 7 is a liquidation chapter. This means that a chapter 7 Trustee can sell or liquidate property to pay off your creditors. A chapter 7 Trustee can only…
GT L&E Blog
New White Collar Exemption Regulations Are Upon Us – Are You Prepared?
By Greenberg Traurig, Greenberg Traurig
On March 14, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) via its Wage and Hour Division forwarded its proposed modifications to the white collar exemptions of the Fair Labor Standards…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Will I Lose My Property if I File Bankruptcy?
By Bryan Fears
Many clients I meet with are concerned that they will have to surrender their house and car if they file bankruptcy. As long as you can afford to maintain the…
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
The Motor Carrier Exemption: The Doctrine of Practical Continuity
The motor carrier exemption under the FLSA exempts from overtime those employees for whom the Secretary of Transportation has power to establish qualifications and maximum hours of service. The employees…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Finds Bloom Energy, Subsidiaries, Continue to be Exempt from PUCHA 2005
On October 15, 2015, the Commission granted a June 30, 2015 petition for declaratory order filed by Bloom Energy Corporation (“Bloom”)—a maker of fuel cells—seeking confirmation that its current and…
Law and the Workplace
DOL Won’t Extend 60-Day Comment Period on Proposed Revisions to “White Collar” Exemptions
By Allan Bloom
U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division chief David Weil reportedly told Congress yesterday that the agency won't extend the 60-day public comment period for its proposed revisions to…
Restructuring Globalview
Bankruptcy Mischief: Fraudulent Concealment and Bad Faith Will Not Justify Disallowing Bankruptcy Code Exemptions
Did I say I didn’t have any assets, I meant they were exempt!” Can a debtor lose the right to exempt property in a bankruptcy case if it is discovered…
Wage & Hour Law Update
USDOL Blog Post Signals Proposed Overtime Rules Will Narrow Exemptions
Despite the enumerated twin goals to “update” and “simplify” the overtime regulations governing exempt status identified in the President’s original 2014 directive to the Department of Labor, a new blog…
PropertyProf Blog
Ryan on Property Exempt from Local Zoning Ordinances in Kentucky
Christopher Ryan (Vanderbilt Grad Student) has posted Old School: A Recommendation for the Treatment of the Disposition of Property Exempt from Local Zoning Ordinances in Kentucky (Kentucky Journal of Equine,…