Salary Test Ruled Unlawful Hold the presses! A federal court in Texas has ordered that the Dept. of Labor’s rule increasing the salary threshold is unlawful. The rule was to go into effect 12/1/16 and it would have required an annual salary of $47,476 for an...
Undocumented worker's injury suit puts major issues before justices An undocumented immigrant’s workplace injury — and how much he may be entitled to — has put the rising number of foreign-born workers, the rights they can expect, and the responsibilities of employers...
IS THE DEFINITION OF A WORK-RELATED “ACCIDENT” BEING CHANGED? An employee was assigned the responsibility of cleaning an area of a large utility plant. He climbed several flights of open stairs and claimed that he dusted the stairways leading to the roof. To let the...
U.S. Department of Labor Announcement May 19, 2016: The U.S. Department of Labor has announced its regulations for the salary level of employees considered “exempt” from the overtime regulations. Previously, a salaried employee could be considered exempt under the...
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