On April 11, 2024, the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) announced it had concluded review of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) final overtime pay rule. The rule is expected to increase the minimum salary threshold for the executive, administrative and professional (EAP or white collar) employee exemptions to overtime pay... View Article
On March 1, the Department of Labor (DOL)’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) sent the highly anticipated final rule to update Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime regulations to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) for review. This is a required step in the regulatory process and acts as one of the last... View Article
On December 6, the Biden administration released the Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, providing the public with an update on the regulatory and deregulatory activities under development across approximately 67 federal departments, agencies and commissions. This release is the second and final regulatory agenda for 2023, and it sets target dates... View Article
On November 7, CUPA-HR, joined by 49 other higher education associations, submitted comments in response to the Department of Labor (DOL) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to update the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime regulations. In the NPRM, the DOL proposes to update the salary threshold for the “white collar” exemptions to the FLSA... View Article
Key Issues CUPA-HR > FLSA overtime rule FLSA Overtime News and Resources Alert: On August 30, 2023, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced a new proposed update to the salary threshold for the “white collar” exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) overtime pay requirements. See CUPA-HR’s Washington Insider Alert for more information. Details... View Article
The Department of Labor (DOL) in March released details of its proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)’s overtime pay requirements governing exemptions for executive, administrative and professional (or “white-collar”) employees. Findings from CUPA-HR’s 2019 Professionals in Higher Education Survey shed some light on which higher ed-specific professional-level positions are most likely to... View Article
Key Issues CUPA-HR > FLSA overtime rule Department of Labor Proposes New Overtime Rule March 8, 2019 (WASHINGTON INSIDER ALERT) - Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a new proposed update to the salary threshold for the "white collar" exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)'s overtime pay requirements. DOL proposes raising... View Article
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division will publish in the July 26 Federal Register the much anticipated Request for Information (RFI) on the currently enjoined Obama administration’s overtime rule (an unofficial copy of the RFI can be accessed here). The RFI invites the public to comment on a multitude of questions, including “whether the standard salary... View Article
On June 30, the Department of Labor (DOL) filed its reply brief in the Fifth Circuit in relation to its appeal from the November 2016 federal district court decision granting a preliminary injunction to the Fair Labor Standards Act overtime rule. In the brief, DOL asks the court to affirm that the agency can set... View Article
Members OnlyFor the latest updates and information on proposed FLSA changes, see CUPA-HR’s FLSA Overtime News and Resources page. The Fair Labor Standards Act, which prescribes standards for the basic minimum wage and overtime pay, affects most private and public employment. It requires employers to pay covered employees who are not otherwise exempt at least the... View Article
On June 7, Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta noted during a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the Trump administration’s proposed Department of Labor (DOL) budget that the agency is planning to issue a request for information (RFI) on the currently enjoined Obama administration’s overtime rule. While Acosta did not indicate the exact timing of the RFI, he did say... View Article
Last May, the Department of Labor issued its final rule on overtime eligibility, raising the minimum salary threshold from $23,660 to $47,476, and set a compliance date of December 1, 2016. Many in human resources spent a majority of the last half of last year preparing for the change — undertaking classification and compensation studies,... View Article
Keeping a finger on the pulse of current and emerging higher education and HR-related trends that may have implications for our students, employees and campus communities is a crucial part of our role as HR professionals. In order to effectively assess, plan for and respond to these trends, we must first be “in the know.”... View Article
There is no doubt the Department of Labor’s new FLSA overtime rule will significantly impact higher education. Colleges and universities across the country will need to reclassify hundreds of positions as well as address resulting morale, salary compression, budgetary and service delivery issues — all by the December 1 compliance deadline. If your head hasn’t... View Article