On July 26, 2017, the Department of Labor asked the public for comments concerning revisions to the overtime rules. Only a week later, the DOL has received over 12,000 comments. However, it appears a move is underway whereby individuals are cutting and pasting the same statement literally thousands of times. It appears an individual posted
DOL Asks For Public Comments Regarding New Overtime Regulations
The United States Department of Labor officially published its Request for Information (RFI 1235-AA20); Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees, today. In doing so, the DOL expressly acknowledged many employer’s concerns that the previously-set salary threshold of $913 per week was too high, it inappropriately excluded too
Reducing A Salary In Minnesota – Did You Promise A Raise to $47,476 By December 1, 2016?
Well, by now everyone is aware of the injunction on the December 1, 2016 FLSA overtime Final Rule. Many employers had decided (a/k/a were forced) to increase an exempt employee’s salary to $47,476 to meet the DOL’s new (and now on hold) $47,476 threshold. So, now what? Can an employer just revert the employee’s salary,