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Great news for employers! A Federal Judge has struck down the U.S. Department of Labor’s overtime rule that increased the salary threshold for classifying employees as “exempt” from overtime pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This means that the DOL’s rule set to take effect on January 1, 2025 (which would have significantly…
Read MoreOn April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor issued its final rule raising the salary thresholds that must be met in order to classify employees as “exempt” from overtime pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This final rule is set to take effect on July 1, 2024. Executive, Administrative and Professional…
Read MoreThose employers who have previously had the pleasure of “making the acquaintance” of the NLRB, probably already know that today’s NLRB is not your parents’ NLRB. Precedent that has stood for decades is being rewritten by the current Board at a frenetic pace. Case in point – a recent complaint issued by the NLRB’s Regional…
Read MoreLast week it was announced that UPS and the Teamsters had agreed to a tentative 5-year union contract that would avert a strike, most likely starting August 1, 2023. The Teamsters represent approximately 340,000 UPS workers, which is the world’s largest package delivery firm. If a strike was not averted, it was estimated that that…
Read MoreWessels Sherman President/CEO, James Sherman, has once again been named a Minnesota “Super Lawyer” in 2022. Super Lawyers are selected through independent research and peer evaluations for having attained a high degree of recognition and achievement in their field of practice. Only 5 percent of lawyers receive this distinction. Said Mr. Sherman: “I am truly…
Read MoreAfter weeks of consternation, uncertainty and litigation, the fate of OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”), which required employers with 100 or more employees to implement mandatory COVID vaccination policies, is now sealed – and it has been done by OSHA itself. After the U.S. the Supreme Court issued its decision to stay the OSHA mandate…
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