The Department of Labor (“DOL”) released its final rule updating the overtime exemptions for “white collar” positions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The new rule goes into effect on December 1, 2016 and will extend overtime pay protections to over 4 million workers within the first year of implementation. Under the new rule, employees still must satisfy a two-part test to be considered exempt: the duties test and the salary test. The new rule did not change the duties test. It did, however, change the salary thresholds for both standard exemptions and the highly compensated employee exemption.

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The Department of Labor (“DOL”) will release final rule later this year that will greatly reduce the number of employees who are exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).

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The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) recently announced a new standard for determining joint employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). This announcement changed decades of precedent and expanded the definition of the joint employer relationship.

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“Wisconsin has joined fellow Midwestern states Indiana, Iowa, and Michigan in enacting “right to work” legislation. Under the new law, no person may be required,  as a condition of employment, to: (1) refrain or resign from a union; (2) become a member of a union; or (3) pay dues or provide anything of value to a union.”

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