Reprieve Extended? DOL to Halt Efforts to Restore 2024 Minimum Salary Rule for Exempt Employees
Takeaways The Trump DOL has officially notified the Fifth Circuit that it intends to reconsider the 2024 final rule raising the FLSA salary level for “white collar” exemptions. It has asked for a litigation stay pending the agency’s further reconsideration of the rule. District courts had enjoined the 2024 final rule, but the Biden DOL appealed the case to the Fifth Circuit. Related links A Reprieve for Employers: Texas Court Vacates DOL Rule Increasing Salary Level for Exempt Employees Fifth Circuit Holds DOL Can Set Salary Floor for White-Collar Exemptions Article Employers were granted a reprieve last fall when a federal court invalidated the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) final rule increasing the minimum salary requirements for the “white collar” or “EAP” exemptions (executive, administrative, and professional) from the minimum wage and overtime pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The DOL under the Biden Administration, however, appealed the decision to t...