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NEW WAGE AND HOUR RULE FINALIZED; EFFECTIVE 1/1/20

9/24/2019 | Client Alerts

JUST ANNOUNCED 9/24/19 – the Department of Labor has finalized the new overtime rules, and those rules become effective on January 1, 2020. Under the overtime rules, there is a minimum salary level which an employee must earn before that employee can be considered for one of the exemptions to overtime. Effective January 1, 2020, that minimum salary level will increase to $35,568.00 per year (or $684.00 per week). The previous levels were $23,660.00 per year or $455 per week. […]

EEOC Will Not Allow Complete Release

10/4/2018 | Client Alerts

THE LATEST ASSAULT ON EMPLOYERS EEOC STRENGTHENS ITS ANTI-EMPLOYER POLICIES         A recent directive from Washington, D.C., done without any legislative input, is yet another assault on employers of all sizes. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) investigates and prosecutes charges of employment discrimination. Many employers have received a “Charge of Discrimination” and spent thousands of dollars every time one of those Charges is filed, regardless of the Claim’s merit. Employers have been able to minimize their […]