Earlier this summer, our firm reminded you about major changes that take effect on Dec. 1, 2016, when the salary threshold required for employees to qualify for the executive, professional, or administrative exemptions allowed by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is doubled. While certainly significant, the updated overtime regulations were not unexpected as the salary threshold has not been increased since 2004.

This sweeping change is not however, the only recent wage-and-hour development of which employers must be aware. There are other, far less distinct trends that have been taking shape over the past year. The Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor (DOL) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have announced new rules and cases that could increase employers’ head counts and expand the concept of joint employment. In short, for purposes of the FLSA, some employers may actually have more employees than their payrolls indicate.

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