Some say that 2016 is the “Year of the FLSA”—the Fair Labor Standards Act. That sounds about right. Overtime pay will be front and center on corporate counsel’s list of HR priorities.
The Department of Labor’s recent activity supports that suggestion. Last summer, the department issued a proposed rule on the white collar overtime exemptions—which would more than double the salary threshold for an employee to be exempt from overtime pay. The proposed rule mandates overtime pay for 60 percent of American wage earners. The department also churned out its interpretation of who really is an independent contractor.
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