Big Changes to the Federal Overtime Law Are Coming Soon

Big Changes to the Federal Overtime Law Are Coming Soon Take Steps Now to Ensure Your Company is Ready

The Final Rule amending the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime exemptions is expected in July 2016. The most sweeping change is that employees who are currently exempt under the “white collar exemptions,” but earn less than approximately $50,440 per year, will be automatically entitled to receive overtime compensation.

The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that 43 million workers may be affected by the proposed changes—employees in nearly every industry and every workplace. Employers who fail to adjust their employment practices to reflect the changes may be subject to lawsuits, fines and other penalties. In short, employers should prepare now to avoid working “overtime” correcting issues later.

A Preventive Approach to Wage and Hour Compliance ReviewsIn the face of these changes, Jackson Lewis can help you analyze how to classify and pay your employees to make sure that your workforce complies with the new requirements. For more than 55 years, our firm has been counseling clients on wage and hour issues and performing wage and hour compliance reviews. We work hard to ensure our clients avoid litigation and government agency investigations, but when those situations do occur, we stand ready to assist the whole way.

• With offices across the country and Puerto Rico, we offer our clients a network of experienced wage and hour attorneys with extensive knowledge in conducting proactive wage and hour reviews to identify and address potential issues under state and federal wage and hour laws.

• We work with our clients to design preventive compliance reviews that are cost-efficient, comprehensive, and in line with your business objectives.

• We audit companies of all sizes, from start-ups to the Fortune 100; from comprehensive company-wide audits to departmental or job classification reviews that may be of particular concern.

• For employers in California, we work to bring your company into compliance with both the new federal requirements and California’s laws and regulations.

To learn how you can make sure your company complies with the FLSA’s new requirements, please contact a member of Jackson Lewis’ Wage and Hour practice group listed below, or the Jackson Lewis attorney with whom you regularly work.

(631) 247-4652

(216) 750-4320

(213) 630-8226

(949) 885-1362

(703) 483-8322

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Jeffrey Brecher (New York)

Daniel Messeloff (Midwest)

Lenny Schloss (California)

Jonathan Siegel (California)

Jacqueline Tully (Washington, D.C.)

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