Do you know the 2020 New York minimum wage? Employers must be ready before the end of the year to meet the new requirements. The 2020 New York minimum wage rates are shaded in blue in the tables below. Note that the changes take effect on the last day of the year, not January 1st. … Read more
On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor finalized long-awaited changes to the federal overtime rules. The rules increase the salary requirement for the most common overtime exemptions. The higher threshold applies throughout the United States, but it does not trump most state overtime requirements. New York already has higher salary requirements for most … Read more
On March 22, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor formally published proposed FLSA rules that would increase the salary level for key exemptions from federal minimum wage and overtime requirements. We discussed the DOL’s proposal in an earlier post when they were first publicized. The rules would require employers to pay employees at least $679 … Read more