The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that it will conduct public listening sessions to gather input on changes to “white collar” exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
The FLSA generally requires covered employers to pay their employees at least the federal minimum wage for all hours worked, and overtime premium pay of not less than one and one-half times the employee’s regular rate of pay for any hours worked over 40 in a workweek. These provisions exempt “any employee employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity.”
In May 2016, the Department of Labor issued a Final Rule updating the regulations for the FLSA’s minimum wage and overtime exemptions. Ten days before it was to be implemented, a federal judge in Texas issued an injunction halting the changes.
According to the Department’s Aug. 27 press release, “[t]he Department plans to update the Overtime Rule, and it is interested in hearing the views of participants on possible revisions to the regulations.”
The dates, locations, and times for the public listening sessions are listed below:
- Sept. 7, 2018, Atlanta, Georgia, 10 a.m. to noon
- Sept. 11, 2018, Seattle, Washington, 10 a.m. to noon
- Sept. 13, 2018, Kansas City, Missouri, 10 a.m. to noon
- Sept. 14, 2018, Denver, Colorado, 10 a.m. to noon
- Sept. 24, 2018, Providence, Rhode Island, 10 a.m. to noon
