Higher Required Salaries for Managers Nationwide? In 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Final Rule raising the minimum salary amounts to qualify for executives, administrative, professional, outside sales and computer employees overtime exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). It would have more than doubled the amount that employers had to […]
The California Legislature has made an important change, effective January 1, 2013, eliminating some of the ability of businesses to negotiate wage arrangements with hourly workers. In February, 2011, we summarized the Court of Appeal decision in Arechiga v. Dolores 192 California Appellate Reports, 4th Series (Cal.App.4th) 567 (2011). See, “Written Salary Agreements and Overtime.” […]