SCOTUS ruled high six figure earners must be paid a guaranteed weekly salary and not just paid day rates. Basics of wage and hour law under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and employers claiming white collar exemptions must satisfy three tests in order to avoid paying overtime
The new overtime regulation is a welcome and long overdue update,and it has broad implications for the more than 100 million workerswho do not currently receive overtime protections. Nearly 1.3million low-income, white-collar workers would become eligibleunder the new regulation. Additionally, few workers who earnbetween $23,660 and $100,000 per year would be adversely affectedby the new regulation.
On January 4, 2023, the Biden administration released its long-awaited Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. Typically, these semi-annual agendas are issued.
Today, when both parents of more and more families have to work andthe need for flexibility in work schedules is so great, the rigidprovisions of the FLSA hurt American workers more than they help.