Posts by Kathryn Lease Simpson

Posts by Kathryn Lease Simpson

DOL Issues New Salary/Fee Requirements for Exemption from Overtime Employers: Check Your Compensation Schedules

The United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a new salary test regulation for employees in the Executive, Administrative and Professional (“EAP”) classification in order to treat the employee as exempt from payment of overtime. The salary requirement was issued on April 23, 2024, with an effective date of July...

New Salary Threshold For Exempt Employees

Effective January 1, 2020 , the salary level for an employee to qualify for the white-collar exemption of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) has been raised from $455 per week to $684 per week ($35,568 per year). To be exempt from overtime under the white-collar exemptions, employees must: be...

Married Or Soon To Be?

By: Kathryn Lease Simpson If you are headed down the aisle or have recently taken that trip, marriage may mean more than just a name change or a change of address. Real Estate: Changing deeds of previously owned property to “tenants by the entireties” a category only available to married...

Employee Handbook Mistakes

by Kathryn Simpson As a business owner, you probably have an employee handbook (or manual). It may have been drafted by an attorney or perhaps an employee downloaded a template from the internet and adapted it to your situation. Whatever the source or whenever it was done, now is the...

There’s a New I-9 in Town

Starting on September 18, 2017, all employers will be required to have completed a new I-9 Form for every NEW employee. However, you can start using the new form immediately. Form I-9 is used for verifying the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired for employment in the United States....