Blog Post

May 16, 2016

Plaintiffs’ Bar Sets Sights on New Lawsuits Following DOL Rule Amendments

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The Department of Labor’s release of the new exemption regulations appears imminent. As we have reported in a number of posts, these new rules are expected to nearly double the minimum annual salary level required for employees under the administrative, executive, and professional exemptions (currently $23,660 to between $47,000 – $50,440); impose an automatic annual (or, possibly, less frequent) indexing to inflation; and significantly increase the highly compensated employee exemption (now set at $100,000). Once issued, these new rules will significantly change employee eligibility for overtime and will impact virtually all employers operating in the United States.

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