HR Compliance Library, ¶22,165, FLSA white-collar exemptions: Highly compensated employees

摘要

On November 22, 2016, a federal district court in Texas issued a nationwide preliminaryrninjunction barring the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) from implementing its final rule governingrnthe exemption of white-collar employees from the minimum wage and overtime provisions of thernFair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). As a result, increased salary levels that were to take effectrnon December 1, 2016, as noted below, were put on hold. The injunction preserved the statusrnquo while the court considered whether the DOL had the authority to promulgate the final rulernand whether the rule itself was legally viable. On August 31, 2017, the court concluded that thernfinal rule is invalid. The DOL is appealing the decision and asking the Fifth Circuit to hold thernappeal in abeyance while it undertakes further rulemaking. For more information about the legalrnchallenges, see ¶22,435.