The DOL has unveiled its long-awaited proposed rule to again increase the minimum guaranteed weekly salary for the FLSA's "white collar" exemptions, this time from $684 to $1,059 per week (or more depending on when the rule is finalized). If adopted, the proposed increase will require employers that are not already required to pay exempt […]

The DOL’s publication of its proposed changes to the FLSA’s “white collar” exemptions may require employers to reconsider the exempt status of employees currently classified as exempt and paid a minimum guaranteed salary of less than $1,059 per week (assuming state law does not already require a higher minimum salary for exempt employees). In the […]