By Patrick Hoff and Renee Sexton Employment law attorneys say they don’t anticipate an influx of complaints after a new U.S. Department of Labor rule regarding overtime pay takes effect in 2020. The rule change will make an estimated 1.3 ...

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BY DAVID EVETTE After more than two years of discussion and debate, new United States Department of Labor (DOL) regulations governing the mandatory payment of overtime for certain exempt white-collar employees are set to go into effect on Jan. 1, ...

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A federal judge has found that DirecTV, the satellite service provider, failed to prove that it is exempt from a Fair Labor Standards Act overtime wage requirement because its technicians do not work in a retail or service “establishment.” Local ...

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New federal overtime rules may affect law firms more in the advice they give than in any changes they make to their own operations. New guidelines from the U.S. Department of Labor effective in December will push the minimum salary ...

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Morrison v. County of Fairfax, Va. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-116-16, 36 pp.) (Harris, J.) No. 14-2308, USDC at Alexandria, Va. (Hilton, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Fire captains in Fairfax County, Virginia, are not “executive” and “administrative” employees exempt from the ...

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