FLSA

Revised FLSA bills move forward in House of Representatives

12/01/2025

If all three bills are enacted and signed by the president, all employers would soon be able to offer comp time in lieu of overtime, the Department of Labor would be limited in which employees it considers tipped employees and the DOL’s PAID program would become an official part of the FLSA.

Senate HELP Committee holds hearing on the future of labor

11/03/2025

Chair Bill Cassidy noted that it has been almost a century since the passage of major labor laws like the Fair Labor Standards Act and the National Labor Relations Act, and since then, much has changed in the workplace.

Share facilities and employees? DOL opinion says add hours together

10/20/2025

Ordinarily, working a second job for a separate employer doesn’t trigger overtime based on the total hours worked for both employers. But if the employers are closely affiliated, they may be joint employers.

DOL hints new overtime rules may be coming

09/15/2025

The Department of Labor’s delayed spring 2025 regulatory agenda includes a separate item on long-term regulatory plans, which includes working on overtime rules.

Using tip credit? Beware dangers of requiring work before and after tipped shifts

08/30/2025

Here’s a warning to employers that routinely use a tip credit when compensating tipped employees, but also require them to perform additional work before the beginning of their tipped work and after the tipped part of the day ends.

Which DOL regs could vanish? Top 4 to watch

07/28/2025

The Department of Labor has identified over 60 regulations for elimination. These are the top four regulations slated for elimination that most affect employers.

OBBBA may trigger overtime requests

07/14/2025

Already, news stories and social media posts are circulating suggesting ways for employees to take advantage of new tax savings even if they don’t currently earn overtime “required under the FLSA.” Because the tax shelter is immediately effective, expect employees to ask HR for ways to take advantage of the savings.

To preserve exempt status, pay employees on a weekly salary basis, not by the day

05/23/2025

The Supreme Court agreed with a highly compensated employee who argued that because he was paid a daily rate, he wasn’t being paid on a salary basis. Now a federal appeals court has applied that logic to another employer.

Bill would cut federal income tax on overtime wages

05/19/2025

Republican legislators in the House of Representatives and Senate have introduced the Overtime Wages Tax Relief Act, which would allow employees to deduct up to $10,000 in overtime pay from their federal income taxes.

New DOL guidance invokes old classification standard, making it easier to treat workers as contractors

05/07/2025

The Department of Labor will no longer enforce its 2024 independent contractor rule, issued during the Biden administration, which favored classifying workers as employees. Instead, it will rewind the classification clock, emphasizing an old standard that makes it much easier to consider workers to be contractors.