FLSA - Overtime Exemptions

The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has released its final rule extending minimum wage and overtime protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to home care workers. Under the final rule, effective on January 1, 2015, third party employers such as home care staffing agen

In Manning v. Boston Medical Center Corp., a case that creates concern for high-level executives but provides a measure of relief for senior human resources employees, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit vacated a district court’s dismissal of claims against the defendant’s former presid

The U.S. Supreme Court held today that pharmaceutical sales representatives qualify as "outside salesmen" and, accordingly, are exempt from the overtime requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). See Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp. (No. 11-204, U.S. June 18, 2012). Importan