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Overtime Exemptions
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Dykema Labor & Employment Law Blog
Department of Labor Issues Technical Amendment Restoring Pre-2024 Part 541 Regulatory Overtime Exemption Framework
By Sean Darke, Jack Mahon, Laura Worsinger
Takeaways The current federal salary threshold for most white-collar overtime exemptions remains $684 per week ($35,568 annually) under the reinstated 2019 rule. Employers should immediately review exempt employee classifications and…
Law and the Workplace
New York State Minimum Wage and Exempt Salary Updates for 2026
As we approach the new year, New York employers should be aware of increases to the state exempt status salary thresholds and minimum wage that will take effect on January…
Texas Employment Law Update
Fifth Circuit Clarifies Highly Compensated Employee Exemption Under FLSA for Oilfield Quality Control and Advisory Roles
On July 14, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a significant decision addressing the application of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime exemption for…
GT L&E Blog
E.M.D. Sales: A Reminder That California Stands Out from the Crowd
While welcome news to most employers, those in California are unlikely to be impacted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, 220 L. Ed.…
Law and the Workplace
DOL’s Power to Set Salary Minimum for Overtime Exemption Ripe for SCOTUS Review
By Allan Bloom
On February 14, 2025, the Fifth Circuit denied the appellants’ petition for rehearing en banc in Mayfield v. United States Dep’t of Labor—a September 2024 decision holding that the U.S. Department…
HR Law Talk
Supreme Court Clarifies Employer’s Burden of Proof Standard for Establishing Overtime Exemptions
By Tim K. Garrett, Hunter K. Yoches
A unanimous Supreme Court recently clarified the burden of proof an employer must meet to establish that an employee is exempt from the overtime pay requirements of the Fair Labor…
Lawffice Space
SCOTUS: Preponderance of the evidence standard for FLSA exemptions
By Phil Miles
New Supreme Court Decision! Today, the Supreme Court held that employers looking to prove an employee is exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the FLSA must do…
Employment Law Worldview
US Supreme Court Clarifies Employer’s Burden of Proof for Showing Exempt Status Under the FLSA (US)
By Elaine Brown
In an increasingly-rare unanimous decision, on January 15 the United States Supreme Court held in E.M.D. Sales, Inc., et al. v. Carrera that employers must prove that an employee is…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Legal News Unwrapped? The Most Watched Employment Law Developments of 2024
5. The FLSA’s White Collar Exemption DOL Finalizes Substantial Increase to Salary Threshold for FLSA White Collar Exemption By Charles E. McDonald, III, Keith E. Kopplin, and Zachary V. Zagger April 23, 2024…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Legal News Unwrapped? 2025’s Most Watched Employment Law Developments
5. The FLSA’s White Collar Exemption DOL Finalizes Substantial Increase to Salary Threshold for FLSA White-Collar Exemption By Charles E. McDonald, III, Keith E. Kopplin, and Zachary V. Zagger April 23, 2024 In…