DOL Finalizes New Overtime Rules

By: Jessica Summers, Principal

Take Away: The DOL has issued new rules that, effective January 1, 2020, will substantially increase the minimum salary that employers must pay employees for them to qualify for the white collar and the highly compensated exemptions to the federal overtime pay requirements. While these new rules may require some employers to make adjustments – the increases are significantly smaller than those that were enacted, but never went into effect, under the Obama Administration. The new rules also do not make any changes to the duties tests associated with the exemptions.

Employers Must Comply with the FMLA When Evaluating Time-Off Requests to Attend School IEP Meetings

By: Scott A. Mirsky, Principal

SUMMARY: An employee’s request to attend a school meeting to discuss a child’s Individualized Education Program (“IEP”) must be evaluated under the lens of the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”). If the child has a serious medical condition, then the employer must provide FMLA leave so that an employee can attend their child’s IEP meeting.